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Poetry Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meter | pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Foot | a unit of meter |
| Iamb | two-syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable |
| Trochee | stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable |
| Anapest | three syllables with the stress on the last |
| Spondee | two stressed syllables, usually compound words |
| Dacytl | three syllables with the stress on the last |
| Pyrrhic | two unstressed syllables |
| Monometer | one-foot line |
| Dimeter | |
| Trimeter | three-foot line |
| Tetrameter | four-foot line |
| Pentameter | five-foot line |
| Hexameter | six-foot line |
| Heptameter | seven-foot line |
| Octometer | eight-foot line |
| Rhyme | the similarity of likeness existing between two words |
| End Rhyme | similarity occurring at the end of two lines |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme occurs in the same verse |
| Masculine Rhyme | one syllable of a word rhymes with another word |
| Feminine Rhyme | last two syllables of a word rhyme with another |
| Triple Rhyme | last three syllables of a word or line rhyme |
| Rhyme Scheme | pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs |
| Alliteration | repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds |
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in two or more words |
| Consonance | repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse |
| Refrain | repetition of one or more phrases or lines in a poem |
| Repetition | reiterating of a word or phrase within a poem |
| Figure of Speech | words are used in a non literal sense |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor | comparison without using like or as |
| Personification | giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects |
| Synecdoche | mentioning a part of something to represent the whole |
| Metonymy | substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it |
| Symol | a word or image that signifies something other than what it literally means |
| Allegory | narrative or description having a second meaning beneath the surface one |
| Overstatement | exaggeration for the sake of emphasis |
| Understatement | saying less than one means |
| Antithesis | balancing or contrasting of one term against another |
| Apostrophe | addressing of someone usually not present |
| Dramatic Irony | author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker |
| Irony of Situation | incongruity between actual circumstances and what is appropriate |
| Verbal Irony | figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what is said |
| Paradox | statement or situation with contradictory elements |
| Oxymoron | figure of speech that combines |
| Stanza | division of a poem based on thought or form |
| Heroic Couplet | two successive rhyming verses that contain a complete though within the two lines |
| Terza Rima | 3 line stanza form with an interlaced or interwoven rhyme scheme a-b-a, b-c-b, c-d-c, d-e-d |
| Limerick | five line nonsense poem with anapestic meter a-a-b-b-a |
| Ballad Stanza | four lines with a rhyme scheme of a-b-c-b |
| Rime Royal | stanza consisting of seven lines in iambic pentameter a-b-a-b-b-c-c |
| Ottava Rima | eight iambic pentameter lines a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c |
| Spenserian Stanza | nine-line stanza with 8 iambic pentameter followed by a iambic hexameter a-b-a-b-b-c-b-c-c |
| Sonnet | 14 line stanza form of iambic pentameter lines |
| Villanelle | 5 tercets and a quatrain |
| Elegy | poem that mourns the death of an individual |
| Ode | exalted, complex rapturous lyric poem written about a lofty subject |
| Allusion | reference in literature to previous literature |
| Anachromism | element in a story that is out of time frame |
| Anecdote | short personal story used to emphasize a point |
| Antecedent | word or phrase to which a pronoun refers |
| Aphorism | a terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle |
| Archetype | a character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people form all cultures |
| conceit | far-fetched comparison between two unlike things |
| Connotation | associations a word calls to mind |
| Enjambment | running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next |
| Imagery | anything that affects the readers senses |
| Narrative Poem | tells a story |
| Parable | short story illustrating a moral point |
| Parody | comical imitation |
| Pastoral | poem that idealizes the simple life of shephards |
| Pathos | quality to which a literary work appeals to the reader's emotions |
| Pun | humorous play on words |
| Satire | use of humor to ridicule |
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