Poetry Terms
Alliteration- is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Analogy- is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.
Assonance- is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance-simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.
Ballad-is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse- is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentametel. that is each line pairs,an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
Figurative Language- is language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary , literal meanings of words.
Free Verse- is poetry that does not contain a pattern or rhyme and meter.
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 and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery- descriptive words and phrases that the reader. imager appeals to the five senses to help the reader to imagine exactly what is being described.
Lyric Poem- a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thought and feelings.
Narrative Poem- tells a story has characters, setting, plot, point of view.
Ode-a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
Rhyme- is the occurrence of a similar identical sound at the ends or more words.
Rhythm- refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet-a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme ababa, cdcd, efef, gg.
Petrarchan Sonnet- a sonnet form associated with the poet petrarch having an octave rhyming a b b a a b b a and a sestet rhyming either c d e c d e or c d c d c d
Analogy- is a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.
Assonance- is the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance-simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose.
Ballad-is a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse- is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentametel. that is each line pairs,an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
Figurative Language- is language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary , literal meanings of words.
Free Verse- is poetry that does not contain a pattern or rhyme and meter.
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 and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery- descriptive words and phrases that the reader. imager appeals to the five senses to help the reader to imagine exactly what is being described.
Lyric Poem- a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thought and feelings.
Narrative Poem- tells a story has characters, setting, plot, point of view.
Ode-a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
Rhyme- is the occurrence of a similar identical sound at the ends or more words.
Rhythm- refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Shakespearean Sonnet-a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme ababa, cdcd, efef, gg.
Petrarchan Sonnet- a sonnet form associated with the poet petrarch having an octave rhyming a b b a a b b a and a sestet rhyming either c d e c d e or c d c d c d