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Poetry Vocab

This is the Poetry AP Lit Vocab

TermDefinition
Blank Verse unrhymed iambic pentameter
Free Verse A form of poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
Couplet It contains two-line stanzas with the “AA” rhyme scheme
Enjambment The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Foot A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccounted syllables
Quatrain A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes
Stanza Usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same
End stopped When a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon
Iambic Pentameter A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable
Meter The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
Repetition The use of the same word or phrase multiple times
Assonance The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Consonance The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words
Alliteration The repetition of identical or smaller consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words
Denotation The literal meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
Connotation An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Sonnet Normally a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem
Diction The words used, usually referred to formal, informal, or colloquial
Syntax Word order and the way it works in grammatical structures
Tone The poet’s attitude towards the poem’s speaker
Shakespearean sonnet A sonnet with abab rhyme scheme
Apostrophe An address to a dead or absent person
Personification Giving a human characteristic to a nonhuman object
Admonition A firm rebuke
Omniscience The poet being all knowing
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