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English II poetry

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poetry the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
narrative poetry poetry that tells a story with characters, events, and actions
folk ballad a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
literary ballad more elaborate and complex than folk ballad
lyric ballad a short poem of songlike quality
denotation is the strict dictionary meaning of a word.
connotation the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word.
imagery The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
pattern of imagery a departure from what users of the language apprehend as the standard meaning of words, or the standard order of words, in order to achieve some special meaning or effect. 
simile a comparison between 2 different things using like or as
metaphor an implied comparison that does not use like or as
personification the attributing of human characteristics to something that is not human
apostrophe direct address (talking to) an absent person, and abstract concept, or an inanimate object
symbol something that represents something else (usually concrete stands for abstract)
synechdoche the use of part of something to signify the whole
metonomy the use of something closely related in place of the thing actually meant
irony what actually happens turns out to be the opposite of what was expected or what is said is the opposite of what is meant
paradox a statement that seems to contradict itself at first glance but actually has valid meaning
oxymoron the placement of two words of opposite meaning next to each other
hyperbole a deliberate exaggeration
understatement saying less than one means
alliteration repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry (tongue twisters)
assonance repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry (not necessarily the first letter)
consonance repetition of consonant sounds before and after different vowels
onomatopoeia the use of words that sound like their meaning; the words imitate the sound (pow)
rhyme the similarity of sound between syllables in corresponding positions; repetition of like sounds at regular intervals
end rhyme rhyme which occurs at the end of two or more lines of verse
internal rhyme rhyme which occurs within one line of verse
masculine rhyme one syllable rhyme
feminine rhyme rhyme of the final two syllables
polysyllabic rhyme rhyme of more than two syllables
rhyme scheme the pattern in which rhyming sounds occur in a stanza of a poem; begin with the letter A and continue naming the lines in order according to the last syllable
rhythm the recurrence of accent or stress; the beat of a poem
meter any regular pattern of rhythm; meter is measured in units called feet
scansion the formal analysis of the meter of a poem
to scan to determine the meter of a line of verse by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables
foot a single metrical unit marked by 2 symbols
iambic U /
trochaic / U
anapestic U U /
dactylic / U U
spondaic / /
quick foot iambic, anapestic
slow foot trochaic, anapestic, dactylic, spondaic
monometer one foot
dimeter two feet
trimeter three feet
tetrameter four feet
pentameter five feet
hexameter six feet
heptameter seven feet
octameter eight feet
couplet stanza of 2 lines
tercet stanza of 3 lines
quatrain stanza of 4 lines
quintain stanza of 5 lines
sestet stanza of 6 lines
septet stanza of 7 lines
octet/octave stanza of 8 lines
ode a long lyric poem which is formal in style and serious in subject matter
elegy a lyric poem expressing grief over someone's death
sonnet a lyric poem of 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a particular rhyme scheme
caesura a stop or pause or break within one line of verse as indicated by punctuation
blank verse unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare wrote his plays in this
free verse poetry with no set pattern of matter; does not rhyme
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