English Poetry Terms Flashcards
The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginnings of words
Alliteration
A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work
Allusion
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
Assonance
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words
Consonance
A two-line stanza, usually with end-rhymes the same
Couplet
The use of words in a literary work
Diction
A poem which employs a dramatic form or some element or elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends
Dramatic Verse
A sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet’s meditations upon death or another solemn theme
Elegy
A line with a pause at the end
End-Stopped
The continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next
Enjambment
Poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical
Free Verse
A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
Hyperbole
Any short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thought and feelings
Lyric
A figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of “as”, “like”, or “than”
Metaphor
