FL Flashcards
Lines
Rows of words that do not always follow rules of capitalization
Poem
Writing in which the poet chooses and arranges words to create a strong feeling through meaning,sound and rhythm
Stanzas
Groups of lines set apart by spaces
Rhyme
Same ending sound
Rhyme scheme
Each line is assigned a letter
Rythym
Beat is pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Repetition
Repeating of words or lines in poetry
Alliteration
Repetition of an initial consonant sound
Simile
A comparison that uses like or as
Metaphor
A comparison that does not use like or as
Personification
The assigning of human qualities to a Nonliving thing
Symbolism
The use of an image or thing to stand for something else
Allusion
A reference to another work
Point of view
The position from which the speaker tells a story or observes something
Speaker
narrator of a story voice of the poem
Theme
Central idea that the poem explores
Tone
The mood that the poem creates for a reader
Lyric poem
Short poem that is like a song
Ode
Poem that has two or more stanzas
Haiku
Very short poem usually about nature