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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Stanza | A group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song similar to a paragraph in prose. |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern in rhyme or verse which represents identical or highly familiar final sounds in lines of verse (for example, aabba in a limerick) |
| Repetition | The recurrence of sounds, words, or phrases, lines, or stanzas used for emphasis. |
| Refrain | A passage repeated at regular intervals, usually in a poem or song. |
| Imagery | Language the creates a sensory impression within the reader’s mind. |
| Symbolism | The author’s use of an object, person, place or event that has both a meaning in itself and stands for something larger than itself |
| POETRY | A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas) |
| POET | The poet is the author of the poem. |
| SPEAKER | The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem. |
| FORM | the appearance of the words on the page |
| LINE | a group of words together on one line of the poem |
| STANZA | a group of lines arranged together |
| Couplet | a two line stanza |
| Triplet (Tercet) | a three line stanza |
| Quatrain | a four line stanza |
| Quintet | a five line stanza |
| Sestet (Sextet) | a six line stanza |
| Septet | a seven line stanza |
| Octave | an eight line stanza |
| RHYTHM | The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem. Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain |
| METER | A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| FOOT | unit of meter. A foot can have two or three syllables. Usually consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables. |
| TYPES OF FEET | The types of feet are determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. (cont.) |
| Monometer | one foot on a line |
| dimeter | two feet on a line |
| trimeter | three feet on a line |
| tetrameter | four feet on a line |
| pentameter | five feet on a line |
| hexameter | six feet on a line |
| heptameter | seven feet on a line |
| octometer | eight feet on a line |
| FREE VERSE POETRY | very conversational - sounds like someone talking with you. |
| BLANK VERSE POETRY | Written in lines of iambic pentameter, but does NOT use end rhyme. |
| RHYME | Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds. |
| END RHYME | A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line |
| INTERNAL RHYME | A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line. |
| NEAR RHYME | a.k.a imperfect rhyme, close rhyme |
| RHYME SCHEME | A rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not always). |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | Words that imitate the sound they are naming |
| ALLITERATION | Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words |
| CONSONANCE | Similar to alliteration EXCEPT . . . |
| ASSONANCE | Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. |
| REFRAIN | A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem. |
| LYRIC | A short poem Usually written in first person point of view Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene Do not tell a story and are often musical |
| HAIKU | A Japanese poem written in three lines Five Syllables Seven Syllables Five Syllables |
| CINQUAIN | A five line poem containing 22 syllables Two Syllables Four Syllables Six Syllables Eight Syllables Two Syllables |
| SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET | A fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme. The poem is written in three quatrains and ends with a couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg |
| NARRATIVE POEMS | A poem that tells a story. Generally longer than the lyric styles of poetry b/c the poet needs to establish characters and a plot. |
| CONCRETE POEMS | In concrete poems, the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem. |
| SIMILE | A comparison of two things using “like, as than,” or “resembles.” “She is as beautiful as a sunrise.” |
| METAPHOR | A direct comparison of two unlike things “All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.” |
| EXTENDED METAPHOR | A metaphor that goes several lines or possible the entire length of a work. |
| IMPLIED METAPHOR | The comparison is hinted at but not clearly stated. “The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it.” |
| Hyperbole | Exaggeration often used for emphasis. |
| Litotes | Understatement - basically the opposite of hyperbole. Often it is ironic. |
| 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. |
| PERSONIFICATION | An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. |
| SYMBOLISM | When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or stands for, something else. |
| Allusion | Allusion comes from the verb “allude” which means “to refer to” An allusion is a reference to something famous. |
| IMAGERY | Language that appeals to the senses. Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell. |
| Parody | any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc. |
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