SOUNDS OF POETRY
This poetic device, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in close proximity, creates a noticeable percussive effect, as seen in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Alliteration
Running over of lines from one line to the next
Enjambment
"The sun smiled down on the earth"is an example of what?
Personification
This is the name for two successive lines in a poem which are meant to complete a single thought/idea.
Couplet
"My love is like a red, red rose."
Simile
Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase
Assonance
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (jumbo shrimp)
Oxymoron
"He was a real Romeo with the ladies"
Allusion
This fourteen-line poetic form is divided into an octave (eight lines) that typically presents a problem or question, and a sestet (six lines) that offers a resolution or answer. What is this form commonly known as?
Sonnet
"Hope is the thing with feathers."
Metaphor
Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to each other in a sentence or phrase
Consonance
When a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Anaphora
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Juxtaposition
This is a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit, often separated by spaces. It's the poetic equivalent of a paragraph in prose.
Stanza
An extended metaphor comparing two very different things which lasts throughout the poem.
Conceit
This technique allows the poet to bring the sense of sound into the poem. Instead of just describing a sound, the poet evokes it directly through the word itself.
Onomatopoeia
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break using punctuation
End-Stopped Line
"It's just a scratch" (said about a deep wound)
Understatement
How many syllables is one line traditionally in a sonnet?
10
"Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world."
Hyperbole
When the sounds of a poem are harsh and grating
Cacophony
A pause in a line. Poets use it for many reasons: disrupting the flow of the text, placing emphasis on certain words, phrases, and ideas, replicating conversational tone/flow of language, and reinforcing the meaning of a poem
Caesura
Any instance when the speaker talks to a person or object that is absent from the poem (Oh, sun)
Apostrophe
What is the name for five metrical feet in a poem with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM).
Iambic Pentameter
"I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed the pork chops?"
Synecdoche