Poetry Terminology
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Poem- Words organized in such a way that they have a pattern, rhyme, rhythm, or meaning.
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BALLAD
- A long poem
- Tells a story
- Often a folktale/legend
- Rhymes
- Often set to music like a song
CONCRETE
SHAPE POEMS
FREE VERSE
MODERN POETRY WITH NO RHYME OR RHYTHM
LYRIC
SHORT POEMS WITH INTENSE EMOTIONS
NARRATIVE
SONNET
- 14 lines
- Lyric
- Iambic pentameter
- Follow a rigid rhyme scheme
- Italian, Petrachan, or English (Shakespearian)
Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
SIMILE
COMPARISON USING LIKE AR AS
METAPHOR
COMPARISON NOT USING LIKE OR AS
ALLUSION
A REFERENCE IN A PIECE OF LITERATURE FROM ANOTHER PIECE
Personification
A comparison between a non-human item and a human so it is given human characteristics
CLICHE
A PHRASE THAT HAS BEEN SO OVERUSED THAT IT IS BORING AND COMMON
CONNATATION
WORD ASSOCIATION
Figurative Language
The imaginative language that makes a poem rich to a reader
LITERAL LANGUAGE
THE LITERAL MEANING OF A POEM
MOOD
THE EMOTION OF A POEM
Oxymoron
A pair of opposite words put next to each other for dramatic effect
REPITITION
DELIBERATELY REPEATED FOR EMPHASIS/DRAMA
SYMBOL
SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE
UNDERSTATMENT
OPPOSITE OF A HYPERBOLE
COUPLET
2 LINES OF RHYMING POETRY
SESET
6 LINES OF POETRY THAT HAVE ARHYMR SCHEME
QUATRAIN
4 LINES OF POETRY THAT RHYME
STANZA
ANOTHER WORD FOR VERSE PARAGRAPH
VERSE PARAGRAPH
A PARAGRAPH OF WRITNG IN S POEM
BLANK VERSE
IAMBIC PENTAMETER WITH NO RHYME
Iambic Pentameter
10 syllables per line
Has a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
REFRAIN
THE CHORUS OF A BALLAD
RHYME
WHEN SOUND MATCH AT THE END OF A LINE
RHYME SCHEME
THE PATTERN OF RHYME MARKED BY LETTERS
