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American poetry

American poetry is like a story that is written in a special way. Not like a storybook, but like a riddle or a poem. It uses special words that sound good when you say them and are put together like a jigsaw puzzle. It's about the writer's feelings or what they think about the world, or about other people. It has a certain rhythm and rhyme that makes it extra fun and interesting to read.
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