Literary Elements of Poetry – Flashcards
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Accent
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refers to the stressed portion of a word. An accent is used to place emphasis on a word. "accent" and "stress" can be used interchangeably.
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Allegory
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a description that has a second, usually moral meaning
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Alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds. If it is a vowel repetition, you would call it assonance.)
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Assonance
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repetition of a vowel sound in any part of a word, usually the middle, adds to euphony
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Allusion
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refers to an event from an content--art, music, literature, history, mythology
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Apostrophe
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address to an object, person, or idea who is not present as though he,she, or it could reply
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Antithesis
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the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to create a feeling of balance
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Aubade
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poetry referring to either the dawn, a love song or about parting lovers
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Caesura
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a cut or break in a line, could be a comma, space, or semi-colon
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Cacophony
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harsh sounding and generally unpleasant
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Consonance
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the repetition of consonant sounds not in the beginning of a word
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Didactic poetry
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poetry with a directly moral teaching purpose
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Euphony
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pleasant sounding
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Extended figure
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an apostrophe, simile, metaphor which is developed throughout the poem
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Imagery
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language which appeals to the five senses
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Visual Imagery
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imagery which appeals to sight
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Aural Imagery
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imagery which appeals to sound
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Olfactory Imagery
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imagery which appeals to smell
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Gustatory Imagery
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imagery which appeals to taste
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Tactile Imagery
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imagery which appeals to touch
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Organic Imagery
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imagery which appeals to human sensations such as hunger
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Irony
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dramatic or otherwise, conveying an aspect that is intrinsically unexpected
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Metaphor
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a comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as."
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Onomatopoeia
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words which are written to mimic a sound, such as SPLAT! PLOP!
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Paradox
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a statement which appears to contradict itself but makes sense
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Personification
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animals and inanimate objects given human characteristics
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Phonetic Intensive
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a word whose sound emphasizes its meaning
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Prose
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Language which is not in meter
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Refrain
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a repeated line, phrase, sentence which appears through the poem
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Scansion
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the process of measuring verse
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Simile
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the comparison of two subjects using "like" or "as" or something similar
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Tone
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the writer's attitude toward the subject
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Anaphora
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repetition of the same word or words from the beginning of sentences, lines, or phrases
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Ars Poetica
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a poem about poetry
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Conceit
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The comparison of two dissimilar things that extends throughout a poem
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Dramatic Monologue
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Speaker speaks to himself
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Epiphany
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realization or comprehension of the essence of something
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Metonymy
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subsitutes the name of one thing with something closely associated with it
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Synedoche
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substitutes a part of one thing to represent the whole or vice versa
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Synaesthesia
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a blending of sensations
