Basic terms
a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form
Poetry
the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem
Rhythm
A short poem
Usually written in first person POV
Expresses an emotion or an idea or describes a scene
Doesn’t tell a story, but are often “musical”
Lyric
a pattern of rhyme; we use the letters of the alphabet to represent sounds to be able to “see” the pattern
Rhyme scheme
a comparison of two things using “like”, “as”, “than”, or “resembles”
Simile
a group of lines arranged together
Stanza
consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of words
Alliteration
A Japanese poem written in 3 lines
5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
Haiku
words that imitate the sound they are naming
Onomatopoeia
a direct comparison of two unlike things
Metaphor
a group of words together on one line of the poem
Line
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds
Rhyme
A poem that tells a story
Generally longer than a lyric poem because the poet needs to establish characters and a plot
Narrative
What rhyme scheme is the following:
A mighty creature is the germ,
Though smaller than the pachyderm.
His customary dwelling place
Is deep within the human race.
AABB
exaggeration often used for emphasis
Hyperbole
the appearance of the words on a page
Form
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Meter
A five line poem containing 22 syllables
2-4-6-8-2 syllables
Cinquain
a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem
Refrain
a reference to something famous
Allusion
a type of poetry without rhyme or meter
Free Verse
DAILY DOUBLE: Shakespeare wrote primarily in this type of meter
Iambic Pentameter
The words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem
Concrete
What sound effect is in the following line:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
an object given human life-qualities
Personification