Poetry Terms
Alliteration-is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
Analogy- is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are a like in some respect. Often, analogies are used in nonfiction, when n unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one.
Assonance- is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance- correspondence of sounds, harmony of sounds
Ballad- is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
Blank Verse- is un rhymed poetry written in lambic pentameter. That is, each line of blank verse has five pairs of syllables
Figurative Language- is language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse- is poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter. The lines in free verse often flow more naturally than do rhymed, metrical lines.
Haiku- major form of Japanese verse,written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions, comparisons, often on the nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery- consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. imagery usually appeals to one or more of the five senses- sight, hearing,smell, taste, and touch.
Lyric Poem- is a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings. Most poems other than dramatic monologues or narrative poems are lyrics.
Narrative Poem- tells a story like a sort or a novel, a narrative poem has the following elements; characters,setting, plot, and point of view, all of which combine to develop a theme.
Ode- A lyric poem typically elaborate or irregular metrical form and expresses exalted or enthusiastic emotions.
Rhyme- is the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words, such as suite, heat, and complete.
Rhythm- refers to pattern or flow of sound created by arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet- a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the thyme scheme.
Petrarchan Sonnet- original Italian sonnet form in which the sonnet's rhyme scheme divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, an octet (first eight lines) and a sestet (last six lines). The rhyme scheme for the octet is typically abbaabba. There are a few possibilities for the sestet, including cdecde, cdcdcd, and cdcdee. This form was used in the earliest English sonnets by Wyatt and others.
Analogy- is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are a like in some respect. Often, analogies are used in nonfiction, when n unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one.
Assonance- is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance- correspondence of sounds, harmony of sounds
Ballad- is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
Blank Verse- is un rhymed poetry written in lambic pentameter. That is, each line of blank verse has five pairs of syllables
Figurative Language- is language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse- is poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter. The lines in free verse often flow more naturally than do rhymed, metrical lines.
Haiku- major form of Japanese verse,written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions, comparisons, often on the nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery- consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. imagery usually appeals to one or more of the five senses- sight, hearing,smell, taste, and touch.
Lyric Poem- is a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings. Most poems other than dramatic monologues or narrative poems are lyrics.
Narrative Poem- tells a story like a sort or a novel, a narrative poem has the following elements; characters,setting, plot, and point of view, all of which combine to develop a theme.
Ode- A lyric poem typically elaborate or irregular metrical form and expresses exalted or enthusiastic emotions.
Rhyme- is the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words, such as suite, heat, and complete.
Rhythm- refers to pattern or flow of sound created by arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet- a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the thyme scheme.
Petrarchan Sonnet- original Italian sonnet form in which the sonnet's rhyme scheme divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, an octet (first eight lines) and a sestet (last six lines). The rhyme scheme for the octet is typically abbaabba. There are a few possibilities for the sestet, including cdecde, cdcdcd, and cdcdee. This form was used in the earliest English sonnets by Wyatt and others.
