Poetry Terms
Published on Nov 25, 2015
Poetry terms by Olivia Mitchell
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BALLAD
BALLAD INFO
- Long poem
- Tells a story
- Usually set to music
- Has a chorus
CONCRETE POEM
USES THE WORDS TO MAKE THE PICTURE
FREE VERSE
A free verse poem is
A poem that has no pattern of rhythm and doesn't have to be a certain length
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NARRATIVE
A POEM THAT TELLS A STORY
LYRIC
SHORT POEM WITH A LOT OF EMOTION
A SONNET HAS:
- 14 lines
- 10 syllables in each line
- Iambic pentameter
- English Sonnet-abab cdcd efef gg
- Italian Sonnet-abba abba cdc cdc
ALLITERATION
REPEATED SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS
METAPHOR
COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR ITEMS
SIMILE
COMPARISON OF TWO THINGS(USING LIKE OR AS)
CLICHÉ
A PHRASE THAT IT IS IS OVERUSED THAT IS IT COMMONPLACE
RHYME
WHEN SOUNDS MATCH AT THE END OF LINES OF POETRY
ALLUSION
REFERENCE FROM ONE PIECE OF LITERATURE TO ANOTHER
CONNOTATION
UNSPOKEN ASSOCIATIONS MAKE WITH A WORD(CAT:SCRATCH)
DENOTATION
LITERAL MEANING OF A WORD THAT CAN BE FOUND IN A DECTIONARY
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- Imaginative language
- Makes poem rich to reader
- Relies on comparison devices
- Opposite of literal language
HYPERBOLE
EXAGGERATION TO MAKE A POINT
IMAGE
A MENTAL PICTURE THAT A POEM CREATES(EX- PEACE)
IMAGERY
PICTURES IN A READER'S MIND THAT APPEAL THE THE 5 SENSES
LITERAL LANGUAGE
EXAMPLE: IT'S RAINING CATS AND DOGS!
LITERAL LANGUAGE
- Literal meaning of poem
- No imagery, symbolisim, figurative language, or imagination
- Opposite of figurative language
MOOD
EMOTION OF THE POEM (EXAMPLE:EXCITING)
OXYMORON
A PAIR OF SINGLE WORDS THAT ARE OPPOSITE OF EACHOTHER
PARADOX
CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT WITH AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH
REPETITION
REPEATED SOUNDS TO MAKE A POINT
TONE
NARRATORS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE POEM
SYMBOL
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
UNDERSTATEMENT
STATES LESS THAN NESSECARY
COUPLET
TWO LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
POEM
CLISTER OF WORDS OR VERSES THAT HAVE RHYTHM, RHYME, OR MEANING
SPEAKER
THE VOICE USED BY A POET TO SPEAK A POEM
OCTAVE
EIGHT LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME
QUATRAIN
FOUR LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE A RHYME SCHEME
SESTET
SIX LINES OF POETRY WITH A RHYME SCHEME
STANZA
ANOTHER WORD FIR A VERSE
VERSE
A PARAGRAPH OF WRITING IN A POEM
BLANK VERSE
Unrhymed iambic pentameter (example-Shakespeare wrote blank verse)
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
A line of poetry that is 10 syllables. Follows a pattern- unstressed, stressed
REFRAIN
The chorus of a ballad
RHYME SCHEME
Pattern of rhyme in a poem
RHYTHM
A pattern of sound in a poem
