English Poetry Terms
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- Extended Metaphor
- When the writer writes of an object as if it were another. Comparison for SEVERAL LINES or a whole poem.
- Rhyme Scheme
- A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
- Rhyme (internal)
- Rhyming word appear in the same line
- Personification
- A non - human subject is given human characteristics. "Water running down the hill"
- Consonance
- Repetition of consonant sounds but with different vowels. "Pitter Patter"
- Rhythm
- The pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language
- Poetry
- One of three major types of literature. Uses concise musical and emotionally charged language.
- Dramatic Poetry
- Poetry that utilizes techniques of drama
- Onomatopoeia
- Use of word that imitate sounds. "crack, whir, thud, sizzle"
- Meter
- The rhythmical pattern determined by stresses or beats in each line
- Assonance
- Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables . "Fleet Feet Sweep by Sleeping Geeks."
- Simile
- A comparison using " like" or " as". "cold as ice"
- Theme
- A central message or moral through a literary work.
- Metaphor
- A figure of speech where one thing is spoken to seem like another. "He is a nut"
- Blank Verse
- Poetry in unrhymed iambic pentameter
- Stanza
- A formal division of lines in a poem, often separated by spaces named according to number of lines.
- Sonnet
- A fourteen line lyrical poem, usually in rhymed iambic pentameter
- Speaker
- The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem. Person, thing or abstraction.
- Imagery
- Descriptive or figurative language to create word pictures by details in five senses.
- Rhyme (end)
- Repetition of sounds at end of lines.
- Repetition
- Use of a sound, word, phrase, clause , or sentence more than once.
- Symbol
- Anything that represents something else.
- Villanelle
- highly structured poem consisting of six stanzas: five tercets and a quatrain; first and third line are repeated throughout
- Narrative Poem
- A poem that tells a story
- Tanka
- A short, lyrical poem with thirty - one syllables
- Lyric Poem
- Musical verse that expresses observations and feelings of the speaker. Rhythm, Alliteration, and Rhyme
- Alliteration
- Repetition of initial consonant sounds. "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers..."
- Haiku
- a three lined verse form 1st and 3rd with 5 syllables, the 2nd with 7.
- Free Verse
- Poetry with no Rhythm or Meter
- Figurative Language
- Speech and writing not meant to be interpreted literally. Vivid impressions and comparisons between similar things.