Poetry Terms
Poetry terms for the creative writing unit and the analysis of poetry.
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- simile
- a comparision using like or as
- octave
- a stanza with eight lines
- rhyme
- repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds, be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
- figurative language
- Words or phrases that mean something other than what they literally say.
- sestet
- a stanza with six lines
- symbolism
- something that is used to represent a greater idea
- repetition
- the use, more than once, of any element of language
- stanza
- group of lines that form a unit in a poem
- tercet
- a stanza with three lines
- extended metaphor
- same as a metaphor, but several connected comparisons are made.
- personification
- A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- couplet
- a stanza with two lines
- refrain
- regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song
- cinquain
- a stanza with five lines
- onomatopoeia
- the use of words that imitate sounds
- rhyme scheme
- the pattern of rhyme throughout a poem; used to lend a certain rhythm to the poem
- heptastitch
- a stanza with seven lines
- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which something is described as though it is something else
- quatrain
- a stanza with four lines
- meter
- the rhythmical pattern of the poem that is determined by the number and types of stresses or beats in each line
- poetry
- rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination, often contain rhyme and meter, but not all of the time
- tone
- the author's attitude towards his or her subject
- alliteration
- the repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginning of words.
- mood
- the feeling created by the author in the reader
- hyperbole
- a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration, or overstatement for effect.
- imagery
- descriptive details in words that forms a picture in the reader's mind