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ENG 9 Poetry Terms
english 9 poetry terms to know
Question | Answer |
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Structure or shape of the poem | Form |
Imaginary voice assumed by the writer/poet **not always the poet | Speaker |
group of 2 or more lines (sometimes can be 1 line) | stanza |
A pair of lines | Couplet |
A grouping of 4 lines | Quatrain |
A comparison without using like or as | Metaphor |
Compares using like or as | simile |
Giving human qualities to animals/other inanimate objects | personification |
Words imitating sounds | onomatopoeia |
Writing or speech that appeals to 1 or more of your 5 senses | Sensory Language |
Pattern of beats or stresses | Rhythm |
Repetition of sounds at the end of words | Rhyme |
Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem | Rhyme Scheme |
Words that perfectly rhyme | exact Rhyme |
Words that have similar vowel and ending sounds | Slant Rhyme |
Rhyming words are at the end of the lines | End Rhyme |
Poetry not written in a regular pattern. No rhyme scheme | Free Verse |
Repetition of initial consonant sounds | Alliteration |
Repeating vowel sounds followed by different consonants | Assonance |
Repetition of final consonant sounds and stress syllables | Consonance |
Repeating words, lines, or stanzas. Usually used to add emphasis | Repetition |
A statement that may seem contradictory but is actually true | Paradox |
Ideas that are not able to be seen, touched, etc. | Abstract |
Ideas that can be touched, seen, etc. | Concrete |
Pattern of rhythm, stressed and unstressed syllables | Meter |
Pattern of unstressed and then stressed syllables, five sets per line | Iambic Pentameter |
lines written in iambic pentameter but do NOT rhyme | blank verse |
rhyming words are located within lines of poetry rather than at the end of each line | internal rhyme |