English
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
slant rhyme
Rhymes in which the words are similar, but not exact
Trochee
Stressed, unstressed BackPack
Elision
Taking out syllables to make a line fit in a particular meter and putting a apostrophe in its place.
Foot
The basic measurement of a meter consisting of 1-4 syllables in a number of different stresses and unstressed patterns; each pattern has a different name
Rhythm
The long and short patterns created through stressed and unstressed syllables
cadence
The natural rhythm of speech
Scansion
To mark the stressed and unstressed syllables in order to figure out the meter
Iamb
Unstressed,stressed. Like I am, You are, above
Rhyme
When the sound effects of words
Onomotopoeia
Words that seem to signify meaning through sound effects.
end stopped
a line with punctuation at the end.
Haiku
a poem written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines 5,7,5 using very strong images
iambic pentameter
a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
chorus
a repeated part of a poem.
Refrain
a short verse or phrase repeated in a poem usually after a chorus or each stanza
free verse
poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms
Concrete poetry
poetry that looks like what it is about
Enjambment
the continuation of meaning, without pause or break, from one line of poetry to the next
Personification
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyme in a poem (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter that meter that mending wall was written in.
end rhyme
when words rhyme at the end of a line
internal rhyme
when words rhyme within a line
figurative language
writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
Quatrain
4 line rhymed stanza
Tanka
5 line Japanese poem: 1st and 3rd line have 5 syllables and lines 2,4,&5 have 7 syllables.
Sonnet
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as
Imagism
A movement in early 20th Century poetry, which regarded the image as the essence of poetry.
Caesura
A natural pause
Stanza
A paragraph in poetry
Apostrophe
A poem that addresses a thing or animal
Narrative
A poem that tells a story
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Meter
A sound pattern for the verses of poetry providing a rhythmic and melodious sound
Syllable
A unit of pronunciation, having one vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants forming a whole or part of a word
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses
Common measure
Meter of 4 lines which alternate between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter