Poetry Terms 1
A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between two objects
simile
personification
Rhyming lines made up of three lines.
Tercet or Triplet
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. It typically has a minimum of three stanzas.
Ballad
Poems that have no regular rhyme scheme, rhythm, or meter (basically no set rules).
free verse
a picture that is created in the reader's mind through the words
image / imagery - descriptive language
The repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
Assonance
occurs when a line or a stanza is repeated in a poem
refrain
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words. This refers to the first sound NOT the first letter
alliteration
A poem composed of five lines with an -aabba- rhyme scheme, the 1st, 2nd, and 5th line has 7 syllables per line and the 3rd and 4th line has 5 syllables per line; is usually a joke;
Limerick
Japanese poetry; three lines, each with a certain number of syllables: 5,7,5
Haiku
Uses language that evokes the five senses: sight, sound, smell, texture, taste.
Sensory Images
The structure or shape of the written work.
form
The repetition of words, phrases, or sentence 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
The end of a line of poetry that coincides with the end of a thought.
Commas, periods, semicolons, and colons often a clue for readers
End Stop
A paragraph for a poem.
stanza
Words that do not rhyme exactly in a poem; also called off rhyme or slant rhyme
near rhyme
The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within a word.
Consonance
Lines of poetry that continue forward in sense and punctuation into the next line.
This helps vary the rhythm of a poem.
Run-on
A stanza made up of 9 lines is also called...
Spenserian