Comic Poetry - Literary Terms Flashcards
full rhyme
Monosyllabic rhyme e.g. ‘kirk’ ‘irk’ OR where rhyme exists only in the final syllable e.g. ‘rare’ ‘despair’. Often used to express certainty e.g. ‘me/thee’ or ‘flung/sprung’
half rhyme
Lines end with partly similar sounding words. Vowel sounds can differ eg dear/mare or consonants eg land/branch. Implies lack of certainty; change or instability.
volta
A turning point in a poem. Often when the tone of the poem changes.
informal register
The speaker in the poem uses colloquial language and/or dialect e.g. ‘cock and balls’
irony
The opposite of what is stated is implied ‘His Grace! Impossible! What dead!’
hyperbole
exagguration
fricative
Repeated ‘f’ sound, emphasising force or frustration e.g. ‘fight, fight foul’
sibilance
The use of s, sh, ch, th sounds
plosives
The use of p, b, d, t, v sounds
puns
Wordplay using homophones (words which sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings) e.g. ‘gilt’, ‘trump’
end-stop
Lines of poetry with full stops at the end. Implies finality, tension etc.
enjambment
A line of poetry with no punctuation at the end, running onto the next line.
euphemism
A mild or indirect way of speaking, replacing words thought to be too crude or harsh e.g. ‘Eat me’
parody
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
conceit
A type of metaphor, comparing two very unlikely things in a clever, convincing way e.g. sex and a flea bite
