Poetry Vocabulary
Forms of Poetry
Poetry 2
Poetry 3
Poetry 4
100
Two or more words which match in the same last sound.
What is rhyme?
100
Poetry that does not rhyme and has no regular rhythm. Poet sets his own rules.
What is free verse?
100
Words that stand for a bigger idea. For example: dove = peace
What is a symbol?
100
Main idea or topic. For example: friendship, love, life
What is Theme?
200
The beat or cadence of poetry.
What is rhythm?
200
Descriptive poetry that helps the reader feel through the senses.
What is lyric poetry?
200
A poem that is shaped like a diamond with lines containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 words.
What is a diamante?
200
A comparison of unlike objects using the words like or as "She is as beautiful as a sunrise."
What is a simile?
200
metaphors
What is the comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
300
A rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is meter?
300
Humorous poem that have 5 lines with an aabb rhyming pattern.
What is limerick?
300
A poem that is based on a word going vertical down the paper.
What is an acrostic?
300
A direct comparison of two unlike things. "All the world's a stage, and we are merely players." (William Shakespeare)
What is a metaphor?
300
Similes
What is the comparison of things that have something in common using "like" or "as"
400
The place where the poet chooses to end a line, often used to indicate rhythm or to represent meaning.
What is a line break?
400
A poem built on the number of syllables: 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. Has 5 lines.
What is cinquain?
400
poem that has no formal structure, no rhythm, and no rhyme
What is free verse?
400
The use of words that imitate the sound of what they represent.
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
A repetition of consonant sounds, such as "the smooth, skaterly glide and sudden swerve." (Robert Burleigh, 1997, "Hoops")
What is alliteration?
500
Like a paragraph but in a poem
What is a stanza?
500
A Japanese poem that has 3 lines based on syllables - 5, 7, 5.
What is Haiku?
500
to repeat something over and over.... to repeat something over and over
repetition
500
He walks along a country road, the boy from Londonderry, and on his back, a heavy load each day he has to carry. He wanders far and wide, you see, the boy from Londonderry, in hopes of selling his coffee and tea to John or James or Mary. And when the country people see the boy from Londonderry they buy all they can of his coffee and tea so he will have less to carry. This poem has three
What is stanzas?
500
He walks along a country road, the boy from Londonderry, and on his back, a heavy load each day he has to carry. He wanders far and wide, you see, the boy from Londonderry, in hopes of selling his coffee and tea to John or James or Mary. And when the country people see the boy from Londonderry they buy all they can of his coffee and tea so he will have less to carry. He walks along a country road, the boy from Londonderry, and on his back, a heavy load each day he has to carry. He wanders far and wide, you see, the boy from Londonderry, in hopes of selling his coffee and tea to John or James or Mary. And when the country people see the boy from Londonderry they buy all they can of his coffee and tea so he will have less to carry. He walks along a country road, the boy from Londonderry, and on his back, a heavy load each day he has to carry. He wanders far and wide, you see, the boy from Londonderry, in hopes of selling his coffee and tea to John or James or Mary. And when the country people see the boy from Londonderry they buy all they can of his coffee and tea so he will have less to carry. He walks along a country road, the boy from Londonderry, and on his back, a heavy load each day he has to carry. He wanders far and wide, you see, the boy from Londonderry, in hopes of selling his coffee and tea to John or James or Mary. And when the country people see the boy from Londonderry they buy all they can of his coffee and tea so he will have less to carry.
What is a meter?
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