Sound
"As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow –/First – Chill – then Stupor – then the letting go –" (Emily Dickinson)
The ending words of these two lines make an example of ______.
Rhyme
The unit of a grouping of lines in a poem (analogous to a paragraph in prose).
Stanza
A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. e.g. "A diamond in the rough."
cliché
A poem about the art of writing poetry
Ars Poetica
Define personification.
a figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a nonhuman form as if it were a person.
The repetition of initial, stressed consonant sounds in a series of words, e.g. "fair is foul, and foul is fair."
Alliteration
The use of line breaks within a sentence, i.e. lines that are not end-stopped.
Enjambment
A comparison between two things using "like," "as," or "than."
Simile
This type of poem takes its name from the Greek word for description. It typically engages with a piece of fine art.
Ekphrasis
The "I"; distinguished from the poet themself.
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants, e.g. "His tender heir might bear his memory" (Shakespeare).
Assonance
A type of poetry that has no set rules for rhyme, meter, or structure.
Free Verse
A comparison between two things without pointing out a similarity by using words such as "like," "as," or "than."
Metaphor
A poem written from the point of view of a dramatic character, distinguished from the poet (may be a person or an object)
Persona Poem (or Dramatic Monologue)
What is the difference between lyric and narrative?
Lyric: typically short, non-narrative, often song-like, expresses speaker's personal emotions & feelings; momentary or expansive time.
Narrative: causal, linear time; may include multiple elements of narrative (action, characters, etc.)
Common/Forgotten is an example of what type of rhyme?
imperfect rhyme, half rhyme, slant rhyme, near rhyme
A 14-line poem with a variable rhyme scheme. Traditionally reflects upon a single sentiment with a clarification or turn (Volta) in its concluding lines.
Sonnet
Imagery in a poem need not merely evoke visual images. What other types of images can we find in poetry?
auditory, tactile, gustatory, olfactory
A poem of lament, mourning
Elegy
A type of poem that is shaped on the page to create a visual image that complements the poem's ideas/meanings.
Concrete poetry
Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses of lines, to create a sonic effect. e.g. "I have a dream..."
Anaphora
A poem without line breaks
Representing something in an odd or unfamiliar way to gain new perspectives
Defamiliarization
What is the heresy of paraphrase? (Think back to an exercise we did towards the beginning of the semester).
The idea that the full meaning of a poem cannot be paraphrased because the meaning is partly contained in the form of the poem itself.
A reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event or movement
Allusion