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Poetry Exam Terms
Poetry exam terms covering the poetry literary devices
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stanza | a group of lines of a poem |
| Speaker | the voice (whether a persona or the poet) that is expressing the poem |
| Full rhyme | when 2 or more words contain an identical vowel sound, as well as the consonant sound(s) that follows (ex: great and late.) |
| Rhyme Scheme | the pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines of poetry (marked by letters of the alphabet) continues in alphabetical order. ex: aa, bb, cc, dd, etc. |
| Theme | major ideas, principles, or subjects that a work explores or evokes |
| Symbol | an object that stands for or represents something more complex |
| Personification | when something that is not human is given human qualities or abilities |
| Simile | a comparison of two unlike things that uses “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | a comparison of two unlike things (that does not use like or as) |
| Imagery | language used to convey a vivid, sensory picture or description (often an image relies on the five senses) |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words Examples: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds (usually in the middle of a word) Example: star & heart, sun & numb & understood & again (the "uh" sound at the beginning.) |
| Vowels | A, E, I, O, U |
| Consonants | any letters that are not vowels in the alphabet (B, C, D, F, etc.) |
| Anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a line of poetry (Ex: Stay safe. Stay well. Stay happy.) repetition of "stay." |
| Half-rhyme | when two words are very similar in sound but do not rhyme perfectly (they often have EITHER matching vowel sounds or matching consonants at the end, but not both) ex: bag and bug, young and song. |
| Rhythm | general term for the pace and flow of a poem (how a poem sounds, how "fast" paced it is.) |
| Line break | the end of one line of poetry before the next line begins |
| End-stopped line | a line of poetry that ends in a full pause, indicated by a mark of punctuation (ex I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end.) |
| Enjambed line | a line of poetry that does not end in punctuation but carries on grammatically to the next line (ex: It was beautiful as God must be beautiful; glacial) |
| Tone | the speaker’s attitude towards the subject of the poem |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a poem is told (*poems sometimes use more than 1 point of view) ○ first person (I, me, myself) ○ second person (you, your) ○ third person (he, she, they) |
| Rhythm | general term for the pace and flow of a line of poetry |
| Diction | word choice (what words the author uses and why) |
| Meter | the audible pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry (type of feet + number of feet) a foot is a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Sonnet | a poem that is composed of 14 lines, has a set rhyme scheme, and is written in iambic pentameter (five feet of unstressed then stressed syllables) |
| Petrarchan sonnet | a sonnet, originally created by Petrarch in Italy, that usually contains an octave with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba and a sestet with a rhyme scheme of cdecde/cdcdee/cdcdcd) |
| Octave | an eight-line stanza or poem |
| Setset | six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem |
| Shakespearean sonnet | a sonnet, adapted by Shakespeare from the Italian version, that usually contains a rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg with the turn right before the heroic couplet |
| Free verse (open form) | a poem that follows no set rhyme scheme or set rhythmic pattern (set meter) |
| Syntax | the arrangement of words, phrases, and punctuation to create sentences or to form ideas or thoughts |
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