Poetry Terms
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- dramatic monologue
- a poem in which one person adresses a listener or listeners who do not speak
- hyperbole
- gross exaggeration for effect
- rhyme scheme
- the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem
- quatrain
- a normal ballad stanza; a four-line stanza usually with a particular rythm and rhyme scheme
- simile
- a comparison using "like" or "as"
- imagery
- the collective term for images
- connotation
- the implied or suggested meaning of a word; emotional overtones of the word; what it suggests to the reader
- Genre
- divison or type of literature; usually three major genres: drama, poetry, and prose
- symbol
- an object, person, place, event that stands for something more than itself; something concrete that stands for an abstract concept
- speaker
- the person or voice we hear in the poem
- Diction
- word choice
- Narrative poetry
- poetry that tells a story and has a narrator; presents dramatic events in a vivid, wild way; uses some of the same elements of short stories
- denotation
- the literal definition of a word
- alliteration
- repetition of initial consonant sounds
- Image
- a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the senses
- irony
- an unexpected twist; the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs
- Dramatic poetry
- poetry that involves the techniques of drama; one or more characters speak to other characters who may or may not be present in the poem
- onomatopoeia
- the use of words whose sounds imitate natural sounds
- Ballad
- song-like poem that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure or romance; in ancient times usually sung to the accompaniment of a lyre
- Lyric poetry
- highly musical verse that expresses the emotions, attitudes, and observations of a single speaker
- literary ballad
- a ballad written by a poet in conscious imitation of a folk ballad
- folk ballad
- earliest ballads, meant to be sung and thus had regular rhythm and rhymes
- couplet
- two consecutive rhyming lines
- personification
- giving an object or animal human qualities or characteristics
- sarcasm
- a form of verbal irony; saying something and meanign the exact opposite, with the intent to be witty or insulting
- stanza
- lines grouped together to form a division of a poem, separated from other lines by space
- metaphor
- a direct comparison
- figure of speech
- a word or phrase that identifies or describes something in a way that is not literally true, but may be meaningful in a deeper sense