Rhyme Time
We got the Beat
Pure Poetry
Fun with Poetry
Forms of Poetry
100
The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
Rhyme
100
A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Rhythm
100
Language that appeals to the senses, creates pictures in the reader's mind
Imagery
100
What is a non human thing or quality that is talked about as if it were human.
Personification
100
Poetry that does not tell a story but aims only at expressing a speaker's emotions or thoughts
Lyric
200
Rhymes at the end of lines
End Rhyme
200
A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
Meter
200
Speech that makes comparison and is not literally true.
Figurative Language
200
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests it's meaning.
onomatopoeia
200
A song that tells a story
Ballad
300
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs within one line or verse of poetry
300
A metrical foot containing one stressed and one unstressed.
Iamb
300
A comparison of two things using the words like, as, resembles, or than.
Simile
300
Repetitions of the same consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem.
Alliteration
300
A long story told in poetry which relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
epic
400
Lines of poetry that rhyme in pairs
Couplet
400
Means 5 meters
Pentameter
400
Compares two things using the word is.
Direct Metaphor
400
Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
Assonance
400
Poetry that does not a have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
Free Verse
500
A pattern of rhymes used in one verse, usually indicated by letters
Rhyme Scheme
500
A line of poetry that contains five iambs
Iambic Pentameter
500
Suggests a comparison between two things without using any key words
Implied Metaphor
500
Example: 'The city sleeps peacefully.'
Implied Metaphor
500
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Blank Verse
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