Poetry Vocab - From Glossary
Vocab from the Glossary!
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I know its long. But you'll get a 100 on this section.
Made by: Rachelanne
Edited by: jpham - What? I was busy!
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- concrete poem
- poem with a shape that suggests its subject; poet arranges the letters, punctuation, and lines to create an image (Ex: 400 meter... shows the swimmer swimming laps then flipping around to start again.)
- sensory language
- writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses
- metaphor
- figure of speech in which something is said/described to be something else; points out a similarity between 2 unlike things; (Ex: Stars are great drops of golden dew.)
- rhyme scheme
- a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem; indicated (in a poem) by lowercase letters; each rhyme=different letter (EX: sonnet-ababcdcdefefgg)
- image
- word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses; used to describe how the subject looks, feels, sounds, tastes, and smells
- figurative language
- writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; know as "figures of speech"; used to stated ideas in vivid and imaginative ways (EX: metaphor, simile, and personification)
- simile
- a figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas ( Ex. Her eyes sparkled like the moon's reflection in the clear ocean.)
- alliteration
- repetition of initial consonant sounds; used to draw attention to certain words or ideas, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects (EX: sacred stone, silver shoon) Also doesn't have to start with the same letter can end in a "st" sound like "first-water star")
- personification
- type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics (Ex. The Sun walks to the sky's middle, shining gloriously - The sun can't walk.)
- narrative poem
- story told in a verse (as a poem); often has all the elements of a short story (characters,settings, plot, etc)
- repetition
- the use, more than once, of any element of language in prose and poetry (EX: sound, word, phrase, clause)
- lyric poem
- short, highly musical poem; expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker; short, musical poem that expresses feelings
- free verse
- poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern; may contain lines of any length or with any number of stresses (beats)
- allusion
- reference to a well-know person, place, event, literary work, or work of art (Ex. On the "Wreck of the Hesperus" the daughter prayed to be saved and thought of Christ, calming the waters in the Sea of Galilee - Reference to Jesus)
- onomatopoeia
- use of words that imitate sounds (EX: crash, buzz, screech, neigh)
- refrain
- a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song
- blank verse
- poetry written in un-rhymed iambic pentameter lines (EX: William Shakespeare)
- haiku
- three-line Japanese verse form; 5-7-5 syllables; three lines; writer uses images to create a single, vivid picture-generally about nature
- stanza
- a formal division of lines in a poem; separated by spaces; function like a paragraph in a prose; states and develops a main idea
- rhyme
- the repetition of sounds at the ends of words; many traditional-style poems contain end rhymes (rhymes at the end of a line)
- limerick
- short, humorous poem of 5 lines; 1st, 2nd, and 5th rhyme--3rd and 4th rhyme; rhyming lines have the same rhythm
- ballad
- song-like poem that tells a story;often one dealing with adventure and romance; most are written in four-to six-line stanzas and have regular rhythms and rhyme schemes; often features a refrain
- extended metaphor
- a subject is spoken of (written) as if it were something else; several comparisons made (see metaphor; Ex. In the "Centaur" the girl pretends she's the horse and rider)
- poetry
- one of the major types of literature; can be divided into lines and stanzas and often employ regular rhythmical patters (meters); can be written out like prose or free verse; can use concise, musical, and emotionally charged language; can use imagery, figurative language, and special sound devices
- speaker
- the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem; the character who tells the poem, often not identified by name
- rhythm
- the pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language
- meter
- rhythmical patter of a poem; determined by the number of stresses (beats) in each line