POETIC TERMS STARTING WITH A
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of close words
Alliteration
ballad
love song or poem in rhythmic verse suitable for singing.
"running faster than the wind" is an example of a
Hyperbole
in this type of poem the first letter of each line spells out a word.
Acrostic
Antithesis
Contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposite meanings.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the end of words
“civic” and “level” are examples of
Palindrome
haiku
a poem with 3 lines 0f 5, 7, and 5
Anachronism
Someone or something placed in an inappropriate period of time
Ode
a lyric poem that celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next
enjambment
Cinquain
a five line poem with different syllables in each line
giving human traits to a god, animal, or object.
Anthropomorphism
simile
a figure of speech that directly compares two things using like or as.
what is "The snow is a white blanket" an example of
metaphor
fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
sonnet
what is the definition of allusion?
a reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, or movement.
Lament
Any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss.
"This is the beginning of the end" is an example of a
Paradox
Villanelle
A nineteen-line poem consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with a rhyme scheme.