Poetry Terms
A piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life is a ___________?
What is poem
Grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem
What is stanza
A fourteen-line poem, written in one stanza, that typically has ten syllables per line (iambic pentameter) and must have a formal rhyme scheme
What is a sonnet
a poem in which words are spelled out through the first letter of each line
What is an acrostic
The repetition of consonant sounds within a sentence or phrase
Example: "He stood on the road and cried."
What is consonance
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line
What is rhythm
a humorous or nonsensical poem composed of five lines with the rhyme scheme AABBA
What is a limerick?
When an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings as if it were human
What is personification
Poetry that does not rhyme but follows a regular meter, most commonly iambic pentameter
What is blank verse
The words at the end of the lines look like they should rhyme, but they don't; a rhyme formed with words with similar but not identical sounds (near-rhyme)
Ex: swarm and worm or grace and ways
What is slant rhyme
The structure of a poem's rhythm; a regular pattern of rhythm
What is meter
What is a concrete poem
A situation that appears to be contradictory and absurd but contains some measure of truth
Example: The days are long but the years are short
What is a paradox
Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant
Example: "I aim to play the main game."
What is assonance
What is an iambic pentameter
What is a hyperbole
A poem that lacks the line breaks traditionally associated with poetry (a poem written in sentences and paragraphs)
What is a prose poem
a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme
What is a tercet
Two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed
What is a couplet
Figures of speech are examples of ____________.
What is figurative language
A lyric poem that praises or celebrates an event, a person, or a thing
What is an ode
A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables
What is a poetic foot