English Terms Flashcards
Poetry
Special intensity given to expression, feelings and ideas with the usage of distinctive style and rhythm.
Line
Subdivision of a poem; group of words arranged into a row
Stanza
Division of a poem including two or more lines
Speaker
Voice that communicates with the reader of the poem (not always author)
Tone
AUTHOR’s attitude toward the subject of the poem
Diction
Author’s choice of words (sometimes meaningful…)
Denotation
Dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation
Emmotionally charged word or phrase
Mood
Feeling the audience gets when reading the author’s word choice
Theme
Topic/meaning/meat of a poem
Parallelism
Repeated use of words/phrases that are similar in grammatical structure
Figurative Language
Language not meant to be taken seriously. Used for descripive effect
Literal Language
To mean exactly what is written
Imagery
Refers to language that stimulates your senses.
Symbol
Object, person, place, or experience that represents something else. Could have more than one meaning
Structure
Organization of images, ideas, words, and lines
Rhythm
Pattern of sound arranged by stressed and unstressed syllables
Meter
Poetic device that serves as a linguistic sound pattern for the verses, as it gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound
Rhyme
Correspondence of sound between words or the ending of words, especially ends of lines of poetry
End Rhyme
Repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words
Rhyme scheme
Described using letters of the alphabet. A,B,A,B
Internal Rhyme
Repetition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words. Occurs withing a line
Couplet
Two lines of a verse that form a unit, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
Verse vs Stanza?
Alliteration
Repetition of sounds in the BEGINNING of words
Assonance
Repetition of similar vowel sounds within NON-RHYMING words
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Quatrain
Poem or stanza of FOUR lines, especially having alternate rhyme scheme
Sestet
Poem or stanza of SIX lines, especially having alternate rhyme scheme
Octave
Poem or stanza with EIGHT lines, especially having alternate rhyme scheme
Free verse
Poem sans fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement
Narrative poetry
Verse that tells a story; Ballads, epics, and short poems
Lyric poetry
Poetry that expresses a speaker’s thoughts and feelings. Short and musical
Sonnet
Lyric poem of 14 lines, almost always writing in iambic pentameter and follows strict pattern of stanza division and rhyme
Dramatic poetry
Poetry that uses elements of drama. Intense situation/emotional conflict
Ode
Poem expressing a writer’s thoughts and feelings about a subject/idea, usually written to that subject. Writting in celebration, dedication, appreciation, or reflection
Haiku
Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, three lines of five, seven, five. Tradionally evoking images of the natural world
