Poetry Terms
details that the author reveals for the purpose of adding to the desired dominant impression
What is selection of detail?
a single line of poetry
What is a verse?
a basic comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight.
What is metaphor?
A change or "turn" in a poem, such as in tone, setting, or subject.
What is a shift?
a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
usually humorous or sardonic; characterized by incongruity between what is said and what is meant, or between what is expected and what happens.
What is ironic?
use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
What is imagery?
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes. Types include English (Shakespearean) and Italian (Petrarchian).
What is a sonnet?
the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
or
an incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
What is irony?
Something which is simultaneously itself and representative of something else.
What is symbol?
the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry. each unit is known as a foot.
What is meter?
an elaborate simile that compares an ordinary event or situation with the more complex idea in the text that is often recognized by the use of "just as, so then."
What is an epic (or Homeric) simile?
the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
this type of sentence construction (or even paragraph construction) contains balanced grammatical structures that provide similar rhetorical value.
What is parallel sentence or parallel structure?
instructive; author attempts to educate or instruct the reader.
What is didactic?
a figure of speech in which some significant aspect of an experience is used to represent the whole experience.
What is metonymy?