Poetry Vocab A
Use of the same Consonant at the beginning of the word
Alliteration
Referring to a known piece of literature or event
Allusion
Addressing someone or something that is absent
Apostrophe
Repetition of similar vowels in successive words
Assonance
Unrhymed poetry, usually in iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
Repetition of similar consonant sounds in poetry
Consonance
Continuation from one line or verse into the next line.
Enjambment
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Comparing without using like or as
Metaphor
The rhythm(or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry
Meter
Lyric poem that celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea
Ode
A word that imitates a sound
Onomatopoeia
Describing a non-human thing as a living thing.
Personification
Repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
Repetition
Question you do not expect an answer to
Rhetorical Question
Formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Pattern within a line or verse
Rhythm
Comparing using like or as
Simile
Fourteen line poem
Sonnet
A set of lines that are grouped together in a poem
Stanza