Poetry
Poetry
Imaginative, expressive writing characterized by rhythm, unified and concentrated thought, concrete images, specialized language and the use of patterns.
Simile
Points out similarities does not replace the object uses like or as idle as a painted ship
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
Ballad
a short musical narrative song or poem that usually recounts a single exciting or dramatic episode, something important
Line
a unit of poetry/can be separated by punctuation, meter and/or rhyme. A line may be a unit of attention is is not usualy a unit of meaning
Sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Omniscient
able to see into the mind of characters and know what they are thinking and feeling
Lamb
occurs when an unaccented syllable is followed by an accented on con-TAIN
Blank verse
unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
slant rhyme
words that end in and similar but not exact sounds. Example: prove and love
Villanelle
A 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern
Metaphor
A comparison that establishes a figurative identity between objects being compared. Juliet is the sun
Symbolism
A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
Stanza
A group of lines followed by a space. Lines are sometimes arranged in a pattern created by meter and/or a rhyme scheme
Haiku
A japanese form of poetry, consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
Couplet
A stanza with 2 lines, tercet, quatrain