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7LA-Poetry Vocab 3
Poetry Vocabulary 3 (Melton)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mood | the dominate feeling of a poem |
| tone | the poet's attitude about his/her work |
| alliteration | the repetition of the beginning sound in a word |
| consonance | the repetition of a consonant sound |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that imitate sounds |
| repetition | repeating words or lines in a poem to emphasize a point, message, theme or mood |
| free verse | poetry written without a set rhythm or rhythm scheme |
| narrative poem | it tells a story |