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Poetry Terms

Published on Nov 20, 2015

These are my poetry terms.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

POETRY TERMS

AEDAN BRADY

POEM

WORDS ORGANIZED TO RHYME AND/OR MEANING

SPEAKER

VOICE THAT POET USES TO SPEAK A POEM
Photo by DigitalRalph

BALLAD

LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY

CONCRETE

POEM WITH SAME FORMAT AS MEANING

FREE VERSE

MODERN POETRY THAT DOESN'T RHYME

LYRIC

SHORT POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION

NARRATIVE

POEM THAT TELLS A STORY

SONNET

  • 14 LINE LYRIC WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
  • follows rigid rhyme scheme

alliteration

repeated consonant sounds at beginning of series of words 

onomatopoeia

words that sound like what they mean

metaphor

comparison not using like or as

personification

non-human is compared to human and has human characteristics

simile

comparison using like or as

allusion

reference from 1 piece of literature to another

cliche

common and boring expression that has been overused

connotation

unspoken, unwritten series of associations made with particular word

denotation

literal meaning of the word that a person would find in the dictionary

figurative language

imaginative language that attracts a reader

hyperbole

exaggeration to make a point

image

mental picture a poem puts in readers mind

imagery

LANGUAGE THAT APPEALS TO FIVE SENSES

literal language

opposite of figurative, dictionary definition

mood

emotion of poem

oxymoron

a contradiction

paradox

large oxymoron with element of truth

repitition

repeated words, phases, stanzas, and sounds

SYMBOL

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

TONE

NARRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARDS POEM

UNDERSTATEMENT

OPPOSITE OF EXAGGERATION

COUPLET

2 LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME

OCTAVE

8 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME

QUATRAIN

4 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE RHYME SCHEME

SESTET

6 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME

STANZA

PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM

VERSE PARAGRAPH

PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM

BLANK VERSE

UNRHYMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

LINE OF POETRY THAT IS 10 SYLLABLES IN LENGTH

REFRAIN

CHORUS OF A BALLAD

RHYME

SOUNDS MATCH AT ENDS OF LINES OF POETRY

RHYME SCHEME

PATTERN OF RHYME IN A POEM

RHYTHM

PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM