Form and Structure
The way a poem looks on the page.
What is Form
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
What is Rhythm?
Refers to language that is NOT literal.
What is Figurative Language?
Is a direct comparison without using the words like or as.
What is Metaphor?
A literary device in which a series of words start with the same consonant sound to create a rhythmic repetition.
What is Alliteration?
The way a poem is presented to the reader.
What is structure?
To divide the poetry or a poetic form into feet by pointing out different syllables based on their lengths.
What is Scansion
When a writer uses figurative language or that which has another meaning other than its basic definition.
What is Figure of Speech?
Is the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction.
What is Speaker?
Is a word that sounds like the noise it describes.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Similar to a sentence in prose.
What are Lines?
To create humor or repetition of a sound the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line.
What is Rhyme?
Creating a visual picture through description.
What is Imagery?
Is the person behind the words that speaks out to the audience.
What is Voice?
The repetition of similar sounds – or consonants (non-vowels)
What is Consonance?
A group of lines in a poem. Similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is Stanza
A pattern of end rhyme throughout a poem.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
Comparison of unlike things using the words like or as.
What is Similie?
A word or phrase is repeated to provide clarity and emphasis, highlighting deeper meanings.
What is Repetition?
An “Aha!” moment
What is an Epiphany?
The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
What is Meter?
Adheres to no set rhythm, rhyme, or line lengths. Instead, uses image patterns and the rhythm of normal speech to organize the lines. Its rhythms are based on sounds, words or phrases, sentences, or paragraphs.
What is Free Verse?
Means extreme and obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
Giving animals or objects human qualities.
What is Personification?
An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.
What is Symbol?