Forms of Poems
Basic Poetry Vocabulary
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100
reveals an emotional moment in poetry
What is lyric poetry?
100
a paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?
100
how you refer to a line in poetry
What is a line number?
100
dictionary meaning
What is denotation?
100
directly stated comparison or the deeper meaning
What is metaphor?
200
tells a story but has rhythm and/or rhyme
What is narrative poetry?
200
pattern of rhyme in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
200
using a key word several times throughout a poem
What is repetition?
200
feeling associated with a word
What is connotation?
200
object carrying more than dictionary meaning
What is symbol or symbolism?
300
no predictable rhythm or rhyme
What is free verse
300
when the poet describes things so the reader can see them in their mind's eye
What is imagery?
300
same vowel sound, same line
What is assonance?
300
the message about life
What is theme?
300
opposite of expected outcome
What is irony?
400
definite pattern of both rhythm and rhyme
What is traditional verse?
400
voice in the poem
Who is the speaker?
400
same line, same starting sound
What is alliteration?
400
word choice
What is diction?
400
how the reader feels after reading the work
What is mood?
500
no rhyme but does have rhythm
What is blank verse?
500
a reference to another work or idea
What is allusion?
500
two lines rhyming in a row
What is a rhyming couplet?
500
Word order
What is syntax?
500
how the speaker feels about the subject
What is tone?
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