Poetry is one of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama
Sonnet
ENGLISH POETRY FORMATS with SERIOUS SUBJECTS
Mood
FEELING CREATED in a reader by a literary work
Limerick
Light verse that POKES FUN at people or things
Simile
USES LIKE OR AS to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
Theme
a CENTRAL MESSAGE, concern, or purpose
Personification
a NONHUMAN is GIVEN CHARACTERISTICS
Epic Poetry
a long involved tale about GODS OR HEROES
Cinquain
a verse of FIVE LINES that DO NOT RYHME
Sensory Language
appeals to one or more of the FIVE SENSES
Extended Metaphor
differs from a regular metaphor in that SEVERAL COMPARISONS are made
Allusion
is REFERENCE to a WELL-KNOWN person, place, event literary work, or work of art
Rhyme Scheme
is a REGULAR PATTERN of rhyming words in a poem
Stanza
is a formal DIVISION OF LINES in a poem considered as a unit
Lyric Poem
is a short highly MUSICAL POEM that most CHILDREN READ AND ENJOY
Ballad
is a songlike poem often dealing with ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE
Narrative Poem
is a story told in verse and often have the SAME CHARACTERISTICS of a SHORT STORY
Haiku
is a three line JAPANESE FORM form
Concrete Poems
is one with a SHAPE that SUGGESTS ITS SUBJECT
Free Verse
is poetry NOT WRITTEN in a regular RHYTIMCAL PATTERN or meter
Blank Verse
is poetry written in UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER lines
Rhythm
is the PATTERN OF BEATS or stresses in a poem
Alliteration
is the REPETITION of the INITIAL CONSTANT sounds
Onomatopoeia
is the use of words that IMITATE SOUND
Figurative Language
is writing or speech that is NOT MEANT to be taken LITERALLY
Refrain
regularly REPEATED LINE or GROUPS OF LINES in a poem
Metaphor
something is DESCRIBED as though it were SOMETHING ELSE
Speaker
the IMAGINARY VOICE assumed by the writer of a poem
Meter
the RHYTHMICAL PATTERN determined by the number of stresses or beats IN A LINE
Rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the END OF WORDS
Repetition
use MORE THAN ONCE of any element of poetry