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Poetry Terms English
poem terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acrostic | Spell out a word that describes the poem. all the lines relate to topic |
| Adjacent Rhyme | Rhyming lines are next to each other. |
| Alliteration | The use of the same syllable or sound at the beginning of several words throughout the line of a poem |
| Alternating Rhyme | When the end words of alternating lines in a poem rhyme with each other. A B A B |
| Anaphora | Repeating a certain set of words at the beginning of a consecutive lines, clauses or sentences |
| Antistrophe (Ephistrophe) | Concluding a succession of phrases, lines, sentences or clauses with the same set of word or words. opposite of anaphora. |
| Assonance | Is when 2 words have similar sounding vowels ending in different consanants ex. date & fade |
| Blank Verse | A poem with no rhyme, but still has iambic pentameter |
| Catachresis | The use of a word that isn't right for the context it is in. ex. "the voice in your eyes" |
| Cacophony | A harsh discordant mix of sounds |
| Caesura | A rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of the line or verse |
| Conceit | A prolonged (long winded) metaphor revolving one subject. Comparing 2 very unlike things. Far fetched. "the flea" John Donne |
| Connotation and Denotation | 1) A hidden meaning, the emotions, values or images associated with a word. 2)the true meaning/dictionary meaning |
| Consonance | When the end consonance are the same sound but preceded by different vowel sounds. ex. Boat & Night. |
| End Rhyme | A rhyme occuring in the terminating word or syllable of one line |
| End- Stopped | Natural pause at the end |
| Enjambment | No pause or 2 thoughts in one poetry verse |
| Extended Metaphor | Extends through the length of a poem |
| Foot | A unit of meter made up of stressed unstressed syllables to give the poem a flow. |
| Free Verse poetry | no structure |
| Haiku | A japanese form of poetry consisting of 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7 and 5 syllables. Mainly on nature |
| Iamb | The most common metrical foot consists of a short syllable followed by a long syllable. "There is another sky" |
| Imagery | The elements in literary work, mostly figuritive language that evokes emotions and senses |
| Internal Rhyme | A rhyme occuring within a line of verse. "I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores" |
| Limerick | A verse of 3 long and 2 short lines rhyming irish origin |
| Meter | A measure of syllables in poetry |
| Metonymy | 1 word is used to stand in for something closely associated with it. crown-->king |
| Ode | Type of poem. A lyrical (long) poem in the form of an address to a particular subject |
| Parallelism | 2 or more lines that use repition in structure to connect for rhetorical effect |
| Persona | The voice or speaker of a poem or a literary work. the "I" in a lyric poem or a narrative also known as "dramatic poems" |
| Poetry | Type of literature written in stanzas, not sentences and is written in meter and sometimes has rhythm and rhyme |
| Poetic Turn | Major Shift in the poem. Point of the poem that leads to the reader to an ultimate surprise at the end. something revealed. |
| Prose Poetry | Poetic span between prose and free verse. looks like a paragraph |
| Quatrain | Poem, unit or stanza of 4 lines of verse. ABAB or ABCB. most common stanzaic form |
| Rhyme | Repition of similar sounds. 4 types: internal, true, weak, eye |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a poem. |
| Rhythm | Measure poetry. Heavy/less stress Pattern of sound |
| Sonnet | A fixed form of poetry that consists of 14 lines of 5ft iambic pentameter |
| Sestina | 6 line/stanza pattern of words rotating. |
| slant rhyme | Rhyme in which there is close but not exact correspondence of sound. ex. made & wait |
| Syllable | Unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants |
| Syntax | the way in which liguistic elements are arranged to form grammatical structure. "colorless green ideas sleep furiously" |
| Tension | adds meaning to the poem by stretching sounds and words by using meter and rhythm<--function. balance of opposing of forces through clashing tones |
| Tone | Poets attitude or expression towards the poem. oerall mood of poem itself |
| Verse | Single line of poetry or the entire poem |
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