Poetic Structure
Division of lines into groups
What is a stanza?
An author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, touch, smell, sound, taste).
What is imagery?
Traditional, folk poetry usually transmitted orally, or as a narrative song.
What is a ballad?
Poem in which the rhythm does not repeat regularly or at all.
What is free verse?
The beat, sound and feel of a poem.
What is rhythm?
The rhythm or beat established by a poem.
What is meter?
When something represents or stands for something else.
What is symbolism?
A short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings.
What is a lyrical?
A word's dictionary definition.
The number and style of accented syllable in a line.
What is meter?
Words that have the same ending sound.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, idiom, personification are all examples.
What is figurative language?
Long narrative poem that catalogues and celebrates heroic or historic deeds and events, usually focusing on a single heroic individual.
What is an epic?
a term for a word that has an association outside the dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
The feeling the poet is trying to convey.
What is mood?
Free verse, haiku, ballad, limerick, sonnet, ode...
What is form?
The author's feelings toward a poem subject.
A long serious medication on an elevated subject.
What is an ode?
Word formed by imitating the sound it makes.
What is onomatopoeia?
The central message, truth, or lesson about life.
What is theme?
An author uses a word, line, or phrase, multiple times for emphasis.
What is repetition?
Words that have the same beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
A ridicule of some kind, usually passing a moral judgment.
What is a satire?
Single row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
The word choice, specifically the "class" or "kind" of words chosen.
What is diction?