Poetry Terms
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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POETRY TERMS
DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES
POEM
WORDS ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY , THERE IS A PATTERN OF RHYTHM
BALLAD
A LONG POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
CONCRETE
EXPERIMENTS WITH THE VERY MATERIALS ITSELF, WORDS, LETTERS, FORMAT
FREE VERSE
MODERN POEM THAT HAS NO REGULAR PATTERN
LYRIC
SHORTER POEMS OF INTENSE FEELING AND EMOTION
NARRATIVE
A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
SONNET
A 14 LINE LYRIC WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER
ALLITERATION
REPEATED CONSONANT SOUNDS
ONOMATOPOEIA
WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE WHAT THEY MEAN
METAPHOR
MAKING A COMPARISON WITHOUT SAYING "LIKE" OR "AS"
PERSONIFICATION
GIVING NON-HUMAN THINGS HUMAN-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS
SIMILE
MAKING A COMPARISON USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
ALLUSION
- Reference to one piece of literature to another
- Example: in "I Funny" by James Patterson mentions family tv shows, like Spongebob
CLICHE
A PHRASE OR LINE THAT IS SO OVERUSED, ITS BORING
CONNOTATION
THE UNWRITTEN SERIES OF ASSOCIATIONS MADE WITH A PARTICULAR WORD
DENOTATION
THE LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
THE IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE THAT MAKES A POEM RICH TO A READER
HYPERBOLE
AN EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT
IMAGE
A PICTURE THAT THE POEM CREATES IN THE READER'S MIND
IMAGERY
POETS CREATE IMAGES IN THE READER'S MIND THAT APPEAL TO THE SENSES
MOOD
THE EMOTION OF A POEM
OXYMORON
A PAIR OF SINGLE WORD OPPOSITES PLACED SIDE BY SIDE
PARADOX
A LARGE OXYMORON
REPETITION
WORDS, SOUNDS, PHRASES THAT SOUND ALIKE
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SYMBOL
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
TONE
THE NARRATOR'S ATTITUDE TOWRAD THE SUBJECT OF THE POEM
COUPLET
TWO LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
OCTAVE
EIGHT LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RYHME SCHEME
QUATRAIN
FOUR LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RYHME SCHEME
SESTET
A POEM WITH SIX LINES
STANZA
ANOTHER WORD FOR "VERSE PARAGRAPH"
RHYME
WHEN SOUNS MATCH AT THE END OF LINES OF POETRY
RHYTHM
A PATTERN OF SOUND IN A POEM
UNDEESTATEMENT
THE OPPOSITE OF A HYPERBOLE
VERSE
A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
A LINE OF POETRY THAT IS TEN SYLLABLES
REFRAIN
THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD
