Poetry Unit
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- couplet
- two-line stanza; two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and usually express a complete thought
- title down poetry
- a form of poetry in which the letters that spell the subject of the poem are used to being each line
- internal rhyme
- occurs when the rhyming words fall within one line of poetry
- rhyme
- the repetition of sounds
- literal language
- opposite of figurative language
- definition poetry
- poetry which creatively defines a word or idea
- alphabet poetry
- a form of poetry which states a creative or humorous idea using part of the alphabet; is often written as a list
- sestet
- six-line stanza
- allusion
- a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
- onomatopoeia
- the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning
- repetition
- the repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm or to emphasize an idea
- Theme
- central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work
- free verse
- poetry which is not written with meter or a rhyme scheme
- riddle poetry
- poetry which makes the reader guess the subjecet
- quatrain
- four-line stanza
- symbol
- anything that stands for or represents something else
- clerihew poetry
- a form of humorous or light verse created by Edmund Clerihew; poem consists of two rhyming couplets
- terse verse
- a form of humorous verse made up of two words that rhyme and have the same number of syllables
- elegy
- a poem which states a poet's sadness about te death of an important person
- cinquain
- five-line stanza
- ballad
- a narrative poem; usually written in four-line stanza
- ryhme scheme
- a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem; indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme
- Stanza
- italian for "stopping place"; a formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit
- parody
- a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style
- lyric
- a short poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speak
- simile
- a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas
- octave
- eight-line stanza
- meter
- a poem's rhythmical pattern
- metaphor
- a figure of speech in which one things is spoken of as though it were something else. It is a direct comparison
- limerick
- a humorous verse of five lines; lines one, two, five rhyme. Lines three and four rhyme
- assonance
- the repetition of vowel wouns
- personification
- a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
- consonance
- the repetition of consonant sounds
- exact rhyme
- a perfect rhyme like cat/mat or verging/merging
- alliteration
- the repeating of beginning consonant sounds as in "sea and sailed"
- mixed metaphor
- the inconsistent mixture of two or more metaphors; usually unintentional and often conjure ludicrous images
- approximate rhyme
- exists when the repetition sound is similar but not exact, as in fellow/follow or mystery/mastery
- hyperbole
- a figure of speech which uses extremem exaggeration
- blank verse
- is an unrhymed poetry with meter
- Tone
- the attitude of the writer or the speaker toward the subject of the poem or toward the audience
- figurative language
- is writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally
- name poetry
- a form of poetry in which the letters of a name are used to begin each line in the poem
- epic
- a long narrative or narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes.
- haiku
- a Japanese poetry which presents a picture of naturel three lines in length; five lin = five syllables; second = seven, third = five
- rhythm
- the pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language
- contrast couplet
- a couplet in which the first line includes two words that are opposites; the second line makes a comment about the first
- heptatich
- seven-line stanza
- refrain
- a repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines
- phrase poetry
- a form of poetry which states an idea with a list of phrases
- sonnet
- is a fourteen-line poem which states a poet's personal feelings
- tercet
- three-line stanza
- concrete poetry
- a form of poetry in which the shape or design helps express the meaning or feeling of the porm
- extended metaphor
- a metaphor that is extended, or developed, over several lines of writing or even throughout an entire poem
- end rhyme
- occurs when the rhyming words come at the ends of two or more lines of poetry