Poems Flashcards
Poetry
A type of writing where words are arranged based on their meaning, sound, and rhythm to
share ideas and feelings
Form
The style of the poem and the way in which it is written. Whether it creates sounds, tells a
story, has rhythm, or makes you laugh.
Enjambment
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without
terminal punctuation; the opposite of end-stopped.
Stanza
A group of lines arranged together as a unit by rhythmical pattern or meter and separated by
Space. Length and pattern of a stanza decides what type of poem it is
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhymes within the poem. The sound at the end of the line determines the
Rhyme scheme (use capital letters to note these rhymes) If a poem has no rhyme scheme, it is considered
A free verse poem
Imagery
Using words to describe something in a way that makes the reader feel like they can see,
hear, smell, taste, or feel it.
Personification
A figure of speech in which the poet describes an abstraction, a thing, or a
nonhuman form as if it were a person.
Sonnet
fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several
rhyme schemes, and adhering to a tightly structured thematic organization.
Ballad
anonymous and recount tragic, comic, or heroic stories with emphasis on a central dramatic
event
Free Verse
poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern,
or musical form
Irony
a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality
Dramatic Monologue
a poem written in the form of a speech of an individual character; it
compresses into a single vivid scene a narrative sense of the speaker’s history and psychological insight
into his character.
Speaker
someone who is the voice of the poem.
Stream of Consciousness
a narrative technique where the thoughts and emotions of a narrator or characters are written out such that a reader can track the fluid mental state of these characters.
Line
A single line of text from left to right. The length of the lines, where they break and how they are
Punctuated add to the meaning and rhythm of the poem
