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Poetry
Rhythm
Rhyme
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
Approximate
rhyme
Visual rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Figure of
speech
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Imagery
Allusion
Irony
Symbolism
Lyric poem
Narrative poem
Free verse
Lines of rhythmic verse meant to be read aloud. It may or may not
rhyme.
A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed
syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns
The repetition of similar sounds within words, usually vowel sounds
Rhyme that occurs at the end of a poem
Rhyme that occurs within the same line of poetry
Involves sounds that are similar, but not exactly the same (river/ever)
Involves words that are spelled similarly but pronounced differently
(cough/tough)
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem
Repetition of vowel sounds within words that are close together in
poetry (may/say)
Repetition of consonant sounds within words close together in poetry
(little/middle) –sounds, not letters!
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words close together in
poetry (flaming/flag)
A word that, when spoken, approximates the sound being named
(splash, boom)
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is
not meant to be understood as literally true—it creates “figurative”
meaning
A figure of speech in which one thing is suggested to be another (her
eyes were twin beams of light)
A metaphor that uses like or as to draw the similarity (her eyes were
like twin beams of light OR her eyes shone as sunlight does)
Extreme exaggeration for effect (he was so tall he had to stoop to go
under traffic lights)
Giving human characteristics to non-human things (the wind whistled
in the trees)—not to be confused with cartoon characters, etc.
Words that appeal to the senses to create an image in the mind’s “eye”
A reference to a work of literature, art, an event in history, etc. that the
reader is expected to recognize and apply the similarity being
suggested to the work being read (the event was his Waterloo)
A contrast between expectation and reality (verbal irony occurs when
what is said is different from what is really meant; situational irony
occurs when what happened is different from what was expected to
happen; dramatic irony occurs when the audience or reader knows
something that a character does not know)
Occurs when something stands for what it is and stands for something
more than what it is (the flag is a symbol of our country)
A poem that expresses the feelings and thoughts of a speaker rather
than telling a story
A poem that tells a story
Poetry without a regular meter (rhythm) or rhyme scheme
Limerick
Sonnet
Sestina
Haiku
Blank verse
Epic poem
Concrete poem
Stanza
Iambic
Pentameter
Denotation
Connotation
Diction
Mood
Speaker
Tone
Oral tradition
A five-line humorous or nonsensical poem which contains a definite
and defined rhythm and has an aabba rhyme scheme
A fourteen-line poem of iambic pentameter which follows a particular
rhyme scheme, depending on its type, English or Italian (which have
nothing to do with the language in which it is written)
This will be covered in class due to the difficulty of defining it in such
a way that confusion would not occur—words simply do not do it
justice
A three-line Japanese verse form of seventeen syllables, with five
syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third—it
generally describes something in nature
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
A book-length narrative poem that has defined characteristics, such as
the invoking of the muse
A poem in which the words are arranged on the page in such a way as
to suggest a picture that relates to the poem’s meaning.
One block of verse in a poem
A rhythm (meter) characterized by lines of poetry in which a basic
pattern is established where every other syllable is stressed, beginning
with the second syllable in the line (this will be demonstrated in class
so pay attention)
A line of poetry in which there are five “feet” of meter (again, this will
be demonstrated in class so pay attention)
The dictionary meaning of a word
The feelings about words that arise in the reader (night will sometimes
connote a fear of the unknown or death, depending on how it is used in
the poem, etc.)
The word choice an author uses (hag instead of old woman creates a
certain connotation and image)
Also known as atmosphere, it is the overall mood or feeling of a work
of literature—it is usually expressed as an emotion, such as sadness,
fear, or joy
The “persona” of a poem who is “speaking” the poem—it is much like
a character in a fictional story—the speaker is NOT necessarily the
author
The attitude the author takes toward his or her subject, characters, or
audience
Occurs when stories, songs, or poems have been passed down orally
from generation to generation—for example, Homer did not write any
of the poems that are attributed to him; he was a storyteller who
memorized the poems and stories handed down to him; Aesop’s fables
are another example of this.