Poetry Terms
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
Ode
A complex lyric poem that developes a serious and dignified theme
Symbol
A concrete or real object used to represent an idea
Personification
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing (an idea, object, or animal) is given human characteristics
Haiku
A form of japanese poetry having a set number of lines and syllables
Quatrain
A four line stanza or group of lines in poetry
Limerick
A light of humorous poem with a rhyme scheme of AABBA
Epic
A long narrative poem on a serious subject presented in an elevated or formal style
Sonnet
A lyric poem of 14 lines that has a set pattern of rhythm and rhyme and is commonly written in iambic pentameter
Ballad
A narrative that tells a story and was originally written to be sung or recited
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, thing or event with which the writer assumes the reader will be familiar
Couplet
A rhymed pair of lines
Trochee
A stressed sylablle followed by an unstressed sylablle
Oxymoron
A technique putting two words with opposite meanings together for a special effect
Poetry
A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects
Foot
A unit of meter that consists of one stressed and one or two stressed syllables
Figurative Language
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true
Irony
A word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration or overstatement that a writer uses for emphasis
Poetry
An imaginative expression of ideas and emotions
Iamb
An unstressed sylablle followed by a stressed sylablle
Sound Devices
Consonance, assonance, alliteration, onomonopeia
Concrete poetry
Conveys meaning visually through the arrangement of letters and words
Mood
Descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language contribute to the ____ of a work, as do the sound and rhythm of the language used
Organic
Does not follow established rules for form. Does not have a regular pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme at all. May use unconventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar
Traditional poetry
Follows fixed rules, such as a specified number of lines, has a regular pattern of rhythm and/or rhyme
Form
In poetry includes the following elements: length in lines, placement of lines, the grouping of lines into stanzas
Line
In poetry, ____ length is an essential element of the poem's meaning and rhythm
Narrative poetry
In this type of poetry, poems have the following elements: plot, characters, setting, and them.
Lyric poetry
Most poems other than dramatic and narrative poems are _____ ______
Blank Verse
Much of Shakespears drama is written in _____ _____
Refrain
One or more lines repeated in each stanza of a poem
Sound Devices
Poetic devices used to relate sound
Free Verse
Poetry that doesn't have regular meter, does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme
Form
Refers to a poem's structure, or the way the lines and words are arranged on the page
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words in a line of poetry
Alliteration
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words close together
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry
Internal Rhymes
Rhymes within the lines of poetry
Lyric poetry
Short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings
Narrative poetry
Tells a story or recounts events
Tone
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
Line
The core unit of a poem
Mood
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Stanza
The group of two or more lines in a poem; a poem "paragraph"
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem
Meter
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
Refrain
The repeating of word or lines throughout a poem
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
End Rhymes
The words at the end of lines that rhyme
Epic
This type of poetry address universal concerns and reflect the ideals and values of a nation or race
Haiku
This type of poetry has 17 syllables that are arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables
Ballad
This type of poetry has a setting, a plot, and characters.
Ode
This type of poetry is meditative and usually commemorative
Free verse
This type of poetry is more like everday speech
Dactyl
Two stressed sylablles followed by an unstressed sylablle
Anepest
Two unstressed sylablles followed by a styressed sylablle
Tone
Unlike mood, ____ reflects the feelings of the writer
Blank verse
Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
Poetry
Uses compressed language to make a point
Poetry
Uses literary devices to appeal to our emotions and imagination
Imagery
Vivid description that appeals to the senses
