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Harrison Poetry Term
Harrison Poetry Terms 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shakespearean Sonnet | 14 lines, iambic pentameter, abab/cdcd/efef/gg |
| narrative | tells story |
| ballad | narrative based on adventure, romance, dramatic event |
| lyric poetry | personal thoughts and feelings |
| stanza | like a paragraph of prose |
| imagery | descriptive detail appealing to the senses |
| figurative language | comparisons not to be taken literally |
| symbol | stands for something beyond itself |
| couplet | pair of rhyming lines |
| ode | exalted verse celebrating an object or idea |
| elegy | formally memorializes a person or reflects on a serious subject |
| epic | narrative, appeals to a muse, then begins in medias res |
| concrete | the shape of the poem relates visually to the subject |
| repetition | word, phrase, for emphasis |
| alliteration | repetition of consonants |
| simile | obvious comparison using "like", "as", "than", or similar connector |
| metaphor | comparing by stating one thing IS the other thing |
| personification | something non human is given human or living characteristics |