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Blain - Poetry Rev.
Poetry Unit Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Line | a group of words together on one line of the poem |
| Stanza | a group of lines or a section of a poem that belong together. A stanza is similar to a paragraph. Stanzas can be composed of any number of lines, but are most often four or six lines long |
| Refrain | a repeated word or phrase at regular intervals in a poem (usually at the end of a stanza or between two stanzas) |
| Couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and are usually the same length |
| Eye Rhyme | when words use the same spelling for a portion of the word, but the pronunciations are different. So they LOOK like they should rhyme. |
| Rhyme | the similarity of sounds between two words. |
| End Rhyme | rhyme which comes as the end of a line of poetry |
| Near/Slant Rhyme | A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only |
| Internal Rhyme | when two words rhyme within the same line of poetry |
| Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme |
| Meter | a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem. It helps to create the rhythm in the poem. |
| Foot | a basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry |
| Iamb | a foot made up of two syllables of unstressed stressed (u /) |
| Figurative Language | Language that contains figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, personification etc. |
| Pun | is a humorous play on different meanings of a word or on words that sound alike but have different meanings |
| Idiom | An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it actually says. |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole |
| Euphemism | a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to. |
| Hyperbole | the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to. |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as |
| Analogy | a likeness or similarity between things (a subject) that are otherwise unlike. |
| Personification | Giving human-like qualities to any "thing" (animals, objects, ideas etc. ) that is not human. |
| Simile | A comparison of two things using "like, as, as than," or "resembles." |
| Alliteration | Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words |
| Assonance | Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. (Often creates near rhyme.) |
| Consonace | Similar to alliteration except the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words |
| Allusion | -comes from the verb "allude" which means "to refer to" -is a reference in a text to something famous (another book, painting, historical event, person, song) |
| Metonymy | Is a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea. |
| Symbol | a concrete item that is used to represent something else (especially something abstract) |
| Symbolism | when a symbol is used to convey a deeper meaning |
| Cliche | Any expression that has been used so often that it has lost its freshness. |
| Enjabment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |
| Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. |
| Elizabethan (or Shakespearean) sonnet | -14 lines -3 Quatrains (4 lines) -Alternating Rhyme Scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF,) -Closed Couplet (GG) -Iambic Pentameter -Shakespeare wrote 154 |
| Italian (or petrarchan) sonnet | -14 lines -an octave (8 lines with rhyme scheme (ABBA, ABBA) -a sestet (6 lines) with rhyme scheme (CDE, CDE, or CDC, CDC) |
| Iambic Pantameter | A type of meter that is used in poetry and drama. |
| Imagery | to use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to the physical senses. |
| Irony | the opposite of what is expected or intended |
| Verbal irony | The contrast between what is said and what is actually meant |
| Situational Irony | This refers to a happening/event that is the opposite of what is expected or intended. |
| Dramatic Irony | This occurs when the reader knows something about a character or situation that the characters do not know |
| Paradox | a statement that contradicts itself and still seems true somehow. |
| Topics of Shakespeare's sonnets | Love Life Death History |
| Format of Shakespeare's sonnets | 1. Presents a question or problem 2. Discusses the question or problem in detail 3. Concludes with irony/twist/paradox |
| Lyrical poems | a usually short, personal poem expressing the poet's emotions and thoughts rather than telling a story. |
| sonnet | 14 lines of iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme and intro/conclusion style. |
| ode | formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea |
| narrative poem | A poem that tells a story |
| Ballad | A narrative poem with a refrain, usually about love, nature or an event |
| Epic | a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation. |
| Patoral | a poem dealing with shepherds or rural life and the contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city life. |
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