Poetry Terms 1
A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between i
simile
personification
a break in a poem, symbolized by a dash
caesura
A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as".
metaphor
a fourteen-line lyric poem
sonnet
repetition of sounds
rhyme
A poem that tells a story; it has a sequence of events, characters, and a setting.
narrative poem
poems that have no regular rhyme scheme, rhythm, or meter
a picture that is created in the reader's mind through the words
image / imagery
another name for a Shakespearean sonnet
English sonnet
occurs when a line or a stanza is repeated in a poem
refrain
consonance and assonance are both forms of this
alliteration
a reference in a work to another work or to history
allusion
poems written in the form of an object
concrete
the first eight lines of a Petrarchan Sonnet (lines 1-8)
octave
unrhymed lines that are each ten syllables long and have a stressed and an unstressed syllable
blank verse
placement of related ideas into similar structures
parallelism
The use of words, like "buzz" and "whirr" that imitate the sounds that they name.
onomatopoeia
rhyming stanzas made up of two lines
couplet
a highly expressive poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet
lyric poem
elaborate and extended metaphor or simile that links two apparently unrelated fields or subjects in an unusual and surprising conjunction of ideas
conceit
also called near rhyme, off rhyme, or approximate rhyme
slant rhyme
the literal meaning of a word
denotation
a poem that uses stage elements, usually with the speaker of the poem directly addressing the reader of the poem
dramatic poem
The change in mood, tone, or message occurring in line 9 or 13 of a sonnet
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