Poetry Terms 1
A figure of speech in which a connecting term such as "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between items
simile
personification
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
Assonance
A comparison between two things that does not use a connecting term such as "like" or "as"
metaphor
a fourteen-line lyric poem with a strict rhyme scheme
sonnet
an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning
symbol
A story/narrative in poetic form
Ballad
a single line of poetry
verse
descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's mind
imagery
the central meaning or message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader
theme
repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text
consonance
a stanza or poem made up of four lines
quatrain
a reference in a work to a real or fictional person or to another work or to a historical event
allusion
the measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem including the number and placement or emphasis and number of syllables per line
meter
a unified group of lines in poetry often marked by spacing between sections
stanza
the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
Rhythm
the use of a word or phrase more than once
repetition
The use of words, like "buzz" and "whirr," that sound like what they mean.
onomatopoeia
a pair of rhymed lines, or rhyming stanzas made up of two lines
couplet
the attitude the poem's narrator takes toward a subject or character
tone
The poet's (or author's) choice of words
Diction
when a line ends without a pause or punctuation and continues onto the next line
a poem that has no regular rhyme scheme, rhythm, or meter
free verse
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
alliteration
another name for a Shakespearean sonnet
English sonnet