Poetry Terms
A reference to a different work, event, person, or what have you
What is allusion?
Words that end in similar sounds
What is rhyme?
Repeated use of a consonant sound at the beginning of consecutive words
What is alliteration?
A comparison using like or as
What is simile
A poem that conveys powerful emotion
What is a lyric poem?
A word that resembles or suggests a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
Two successive rhyming lines that complete a thought
What is a couplet?
Vowel repetition without repeating consonants
What is assonance?
A comparison not using like or as
What is metaphor?
A poem comprised of a specific structure of a five syllable line, a seven syllable line, and another five syllable line.
What is a haiku?
A seemingly self-contradictory statement that contains a deeper meaning
What is paradox?
The basic structure of a line of poetry.
A resemblance in sound between two words
What is consonance?
When non-human things are given human traits
What is personification?
A fourteen-line poem that follows a specific meter and rhyme scheme. It is written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
Words that invoke the five senses
What is imagery?
A line of poetry comprised of stressed syllables followed immediately by unstressed syllables
What is iambic pentameter?
Repetition of letters that have hushing or hissing qualities
What is sibilance?
A form of personification in which non human characters have human characteristics, behaviors, or other traits.
What is anthropomorphism?
A nonrhyming poem nonstructured poem
A careful and deliberate selection of words to create a style
What is diction?
The structure of rhyming lines in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
Harsh and dissonant sounds. The antithesis of euphony
What is cacophony?
Something seemingly insignificant in some cases that carries a deeper meaning. (Disclaimer: Not always a comparison but is in many common cases)
What is a symbol?
(This is extra knowledge) A poem which mourns loss
What is an elegy?