Poetry
Poems
Devices
Literature
Literary
100
highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. It creates a single, unified impression. - Short - Usually in 1st Person POV - Does NOT tell a story - No syllable requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Lyric Poetry
100
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas.
What is Simile
100
A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or a song
What is Refrain
100
A formal division of lines in a poem that is considered as a unit. Separated by spaces. Like prose paragraphs, only for poetry. Conveys a single idea.
What is Stanza
100
An expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region. A phrase in which the literal meaning of the words does not add up to the actual meaning.
What is Idiom
200
A basic unit of a meter. Normally contains either two or three syllables with varying patterns of stress.
What is Foot
200
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Each new rhyme is assigned the next letter of the alphabet, while repeat sounds get whatever letter they were first assigned.
What is Rhyme Scheme
200
A poem with a physical shape that suggests the subject/topic. The poet arranges the letters, punctuation, and lines to create an image, or picture, on the page. - Length, must fit into shape - No Syllable Requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Concrete or Form Poetry
200
the rhythmical pattern of the poem. Determined by the number of stresses or beats in each line.
What is Meter
200
a poem that tells a story in a musical way or with a musical feeling - Can be as long as the story requires - Odd numbered lines longer than even numbered lines - Even numbered lines should rhyme
What is Ballad Poetry
300
a Japanese poem about nature - 5, 7, 5
What is Haiku
300
A type of sonnet made famous by William Shakespeare - Length 14 Lines - 10 Syllables Per Line - Rhyme Scheme A C E G B D F G A C E B D F
What is Shakespearean Sonnet
300
A poem in which the first letter of each line spells a word or phrase that is the topic of the poem. - Oftentimes done about a name - No syllable requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Acrostic Poetry
300
A figure of speech that describes something as though it were something else.
What is Metaphor
300
The effect created when words with the same consonant sound are used in close proximity, but where the vowel sounds in these words are different.
What is Consonance
400
Poetry without a rhyme scheme, but it has meter of some kind.
What is Blank Verse
400
A humorous, musical-feeling poem that oftentimes makes fun of or tells a story about a specific person. - Length - 5 Lines - 3 beats, 3 beats, 2 beats, 2 beats, 3 beats - Rhyme Scheme AABBA
What is Limerick
400
The effect created when words with the same vowel sound are used in close proximity, but where the consonant sounds in these words are different.
What is Assonance
400
a formal lyric poem with a serious theme. It is usually long and may be written for a private occasion or a public ceremony. Odes often honor people, commemorate events, or respond to natural scenes. - Length, Usually Long - No Syllable Requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Ode
400
A long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or a hero. Serious in tone and broad in theme. - Very Long - No Syllable Requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Epic Poetry
500
A basic structural component of a poem. Literally, a row of words that ends somewhere.
What is Line
500
Poetry not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter. The poet is free to write lines of any length or with any number of stresses, or beats. Free verse is therefore less constraining than metrical verse, in which every line must have a certain length and a certain number of stresses.
What is Free Verse
500
A solemn and formal lyric poem about death. It may mourn a particular person or reflect on a serious or tragic theme, such as the passing of youth, beauty, or a way of life - No Length Requirements - No Syllable Requirements - No Rhyme Scheme Requirements
What is Elegy
500
The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Writers use alliteration to draw attention to certain words or ideas, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects.
What is Alliteration
500
Obvious and intentional exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
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