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Types of Poetry
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ballard | a poem that tells a story; ballads are usually sung |
| Free Verse | poetry that does not follow any specific patterns in rhymes, but are not used in prescribed manner |
| Haiku | a three-line Japanese poetic form in the lines follow the pattern of five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. |
| Limerick | a five line poem that follows a specific rhyme scheme and rhythm. The first, second, and fifth lines contain eight syllables. Lines two and three contain six syllables. Limericks are usually funny or silly. |
| Lyric poem | a poem that express the speaker's thoughts or feelings and creates a single, imaginative impression on the reader. Many poems can be classified as lyric poems including sonnets, ballads, and odes. (GREEK)) |
| nARRATIVE POEM | that tells the sequence of events of a story; "The Song of Wandering Aengus" is a narrative poem.. |
| Ode | a long, serious poem in praise of something. |
| Sonnet | a very structured 14 line poem that follows a specific rhyme structure and rhythm. The most common sonnets are the Italian sonnet and the English sonnet. |
| alliteration | the repetition of the first sound of a word, ,for example the "w" sound in "when white moths were on the winf" from the song of wandering aengus by W.B. Yeats |
| assonance | similar vowel sounds in words that end with different consonants ; for example: wanders and watches, with eager ears" from Paul Revere's Ride |
| Consonace | similar consonant sounds at the ends of words, i.e. blank, think, tank. |
| couplet | two rhymed lines of poetry. |
| Diction | the specific words an author chooses |
| extended metaphor | The term extended metaphor refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph. |
| figurative language | using language to create a particular effect. |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| iamb | a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable. |
| imagery | the primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem |
| metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things |
| narrator | one who tells the story in a piece of work |
| onomatopeia | when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing; for example; buzzing bees. |
| stanza | a group of lines in poetry; in prose. |
| paraphase | to restate a piece of writing in simple terms |
| parody | an imitation of something, usually with the intent of making fun |
| persona | the person created by the writer to tell a story |
| personification | to give human qualities to something that is not human |
| quatrain | for lines of poetry, which may be rhymed |
| rhythm | like meter, rhythm refers to the beat of a poem, unlike meter, the rhythm of the poem may be irregular and different in every line |
| similie | a comparison between two unlike things using like or as |
| speaker | the voice that tells the story in a poem |
| tone | the attitude or behavior the speaker has toward the subject matter, the tone could be formal, informal, humorous, serious, etc. |
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