Basic Poetry Terms – Flashcards
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speaker
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the narrator of a poem
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line
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a group of words on one line of a poem
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stanza
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a group of lines arranged together
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rhythm
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can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain. The "music" of the poem.
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meter
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a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
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Free Verse Poetry
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no repeating patterns of syllables, no rhyme, conversational, modern
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end rhyme
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a word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
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internal rhyme
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a word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
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approximate rhyme
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imperfect rhyme, close rhyme, near rhyme
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onomatopoeia
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words that imitate the sound they name
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alliteration
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consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
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consonance
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a type of alliteration in which the repeated consonant sounds are anywhere in the words
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assonance
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a type of alliteration in which repeated vowel sounds are in a line or lines of poetry
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refrain
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a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem
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simile
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a comparison of two things using like, as, than, or resembles
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metaphor
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a direct comparison of two unlike things
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hyperbole
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exageration often used for emphasis
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litotes
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understatement for effect
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idiom
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an expression in which the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression
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personification
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when human qualities or characteristics are given to non-humans such as objects or animals.
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symbolism
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a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself but also represents something else
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allusion
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a reference in a literary work to something famous
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imagery
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language that appeals to the senses and "paints a word picture,"
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lyric poem
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a short poem in first person point of view that expresses an emotion, idea, or describes a scene
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ballad
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a song or songlike poem that rhymes
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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a fourteen line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story
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concrete poem
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a poem in which the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
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tone
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the feeling or mood the poem gives
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theme
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the main idea of a poem, story, or piece of art
