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Poetry Elements
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme adn meter which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression | Lyric Poem |
| nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative | Narrative Poem |
| a rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme scheme | Sonnet Poem |
| three quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter (sonnet) | Shakespearean (English) Sonnet |
| an octave and sestet, between which a break in thought occurs (sonnet) | Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet |
| elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme | Ode Poem |
| unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter | Blank Verse Poem |
| unrhymed lines without regular rhythm | Free Verse Poem |
| a long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation | Epic Poem |
| a lyric Poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment in his/her life and, in doing so, reveals his/her character | Dramatic Monologue Poem |
| a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual | Elegy Poem |
| simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited | Ballad Poem |
| lyric poetry describing the life of the shipherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms | Idyll Poem |
| French verse form with five tercets and a final quatrain | Villanelle Poem |
| a general category of poetry writtien to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, and limericks | Light Verse Poem |
| Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image | Haiku Poem |
| humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines | Limerick Poem |
| unstressed, stressed | Iambic |
| stressed, unstressed | Trochaic |
| unstressed, unstressed, stressed | Anapestic |
| stressed, unstressed, unstressed | Dactylic |
| stressed, stressed | Spondaic |
| one metric foot | Monometer |
| two metric feet | dimeter |
| three metric feet | trimeter |
| four metric feet | tetrameter |
| five metric feet | pentameter |
| six metric feet | hexameter |
| seven metric feet | heptameter |
| eight metric feet | octometer |
| analysis of mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter | Scansion |
| paragraphs of a poem | Stanzas |
| a pause in the meter or rhythm of a line | caesura |
| a run-on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break | enjambement |
| old spelling of rhyme | Rime |
| rhyme occuring at the ends of verse lines | End Rhyme |
| rhyme contained within a line verse | Internal Rhyme |
| pattern of rhymes with a unit of verse; in analysis, each end rhyme-sound is represented by a letter | Rhyme Scheme |
| rhyme in which only the last, acccented syllable of the rhyming words correspond exactly in sound | Masculine Rhyme |
| rhyme in which two consecutive syllables of the rhyming words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent, double rhyme | Feminine Rhyme |
| imperfect, approximate rhyme | Half Rhyme (Slant Rhyme) |
| repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line | Assonance |
| repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line | Consonance |
| the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in words within a line | Alliteration |
| the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning | Onomatopoeia |
| the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect | Euphony |
| the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect; opposite of euphony | Cacophony |
| a figure of speech which makes a direct comparison of two unlike objects by identification or substitution | Metaphor |
| a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like or as | Simile |
| an extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect (Homaric, epic) | Conceit |
| a figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities | Personification |
| an adress to a person or personified object not present | Apostrophe |
| the substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself | Metonymy |
| a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea | Synecdoche |
| gross exaggeration for effect: overstatement | Hyperbole |
| a form of understatement in which the negative of an antonym is used to achieve emphasis and intensity | Litotes |
| the contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning | Irony |
| meaning one thing and saying another | Verbal Irony |
| what the speaker says and what he/she means; what the speaker says and what the author means | Dramatic Irony |
| when the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated or intended effect; when something unexpected occurs | Situational Irony |
| the use of one object to suggest another, hidden object or idea | Symbolism |
| the use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description | Imagery |
| sight | Visual Imagery |
| hearing | Auditory |
| smell | Olfactory |
| taste | Gustatory |
| touch | Tactile |
| movement of humans | Kinesthetic |
| movement of objects | Kinetic |
| a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth | Paradox |
| contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect | Oxymoron |
| a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source (mythical, biblical, literary, or historical) | Allusion |
| the author's attitude toward his/her audience and subject | Tone |
| the author's major idea or meaning | Theme |
| the circumstances of the speaker | Dramatic Situation |
| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | Meter |
| 2 lined stanza | couplet |
| 3 lined stanza | tercet |
| 4 lined stanza | quatrain |
| 5 lined stanza | cinquain |
| 6 lined stanza | sestet |
| 7 lined stanza | septet |
| 8 lined stanza | octet (octave) |
| 9 or more lined stanza | x lined stanza |
| the humorous use of words alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words | pun |
| type of pun with a double meaning with a sexual reference | double entendre |
| a remark made by a dramatic character directly to the audience; other characters cannot hear; allows character to reveal his innermost thoughts to the audience | aside |
| a solo speech by a character, usually of some length and delivered by a character alone on stage; the character is always truthful | soliloquy |
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