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Elements of Poetry
Vocabulary
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of the firs sound of a word; for example the "w" sound in "when white moths were on the wing" from "The song of wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats. |
| Assonance | Similar vowel sounds in words that end with different consonants; for example: "Wangders and watches with eager ears" From "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
| Consonance | Similar consonant sounds at the ends of words, i.e "Blank, think, tank." |
| Couplet | Two rhymed lines of peotry; for example: "Then he said "Good-night!" and with muffled oar/ Silently rowed to the Charlestwon shore" from "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. |
| Diction | The specific words and author chooses. |
| Extended metaphor | A metaphor that is applied throughout the entire poem; the poem "The Railway Train" by Emily Dickinson is an extended metaphor. |
| Figurative Language | using language to create a particular effect; forms of figurative language include simile, metaphor, and personification. |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration to make a point; for example: the speaker in the poem "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes states "I, too, am america." He creates a hyperbole when he states that he is america |
| Iamb | A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable or a short syllable followed by a long syllable. |
| Iambic pentameter | A rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in which there are five stressed syllables in each line(penta=five) |
| Imagery | The primary images or pictures the author uses to convey meaning in a poem. |
| Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things; for example: "I, too, am America" from "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughess |
| Meter | the deliberate use of stressed and unstressed syllables to create a particular beat for a poem. |
| narrator | one who tells the story in a piece of work. |
| Onomatopoeia | when the sound of a word suggests a particular thing; for example; buzzing bees |
| Paraphrase | 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 | four lines of poetry, which may be rhymed; "The Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll is written in quatrains |
| Rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme used in a poem |
| 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 |
| Simile | a comparison between two unlike things using like or as to make the comparison; for example: Mr. Smith is as angry as a hornet. |
| Speaker | The voice that tells the story in a poem |
| stanza | a group of lines in poetry; in prose, you would call it a paragraph |
| Tone | The attitude or behavior the speaker has toward the subject matter; the tone could be formal, informal, humorous, serious, etc. |
| ballad | a poem that a story; ballads are usually sung |
| Free verse | poetry that doesn't follow any specific patterns in rhythm, rhyme scheme, or line length; free verse may contain rhymes, but they are not used in a 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 lines |
| 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. |
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