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duluth poetry vocab
poetry vocabulary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| symbolism | When one thing represents itself literallyand something else figuratively.ex.An eagle figuratively represents freedom |
| couplet | a pair of rhyming lines |
| connotation | the feelings or emotions surrounding a word |
| denotation | The dictionary definition of a word |
| diction | a writer's or speaker's choice of words |
| tone | The feeling the writer has towards the written topic. It is created by diction(word choice) |
| mood | The feeling the reader gets from the writing. |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
| hyperbole | Exaggeration |
| alliteration | use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.Sally sells seashells by the seashore. sssssss |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a line of poetryex. The cat in the hat was sad |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| simile | a comparison using like or as |
| imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) |
| limerick | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba |
| haiku | a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story and has a plot ex. "The Raven" |
| dramatic poem | Poem that reveals character through monologue or dialogue Usually found in a play.ex. "The Seven Ages of Man". |
| sonnet | a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme |
| stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
| figurative meaning | When the words mean something other than what they say.(Connotative meaning) |
| literal meaning | dictionary meaning of a word |
| speaker of a poem | person that speaks the poem |
| pun | a humorous play on words |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds ex. I need to eat and sleep. (the long e sound) |
| personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
| refrain | A line that repeats itself in a poem. |
| lyric poem | a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts ex." I wandered Lonely as a Cloud"of a speaker |
| Free verse | Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) example: Romeo and Juliet is considered blank verse. |
| iambic pentameter | a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable. |
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