Poerty terms Flashcards
Anaphora
The repition of a word or a phrase, usually at the beginning of a line
Alliteration
The repitition of sounds in a sequence of words
Allegory
narrative with two levels of meaning, one stated and one unstated
Apostrophe
direct adress to an absent or otherwise unresponsive entity (etc, someone dead)
Assonance
The repition of vowel sounds
Beat
a stressed(or accented) syllable
Binary
dual,twofold,charatised by two parts
Blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentamerter
caesura
an audible pause internal to a line, usually in the middle. (An audible pasue at the end of a line is called an end-stop)
Ccophony
a harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Climax
The high point, the moment od greatest tension or intensity.
consonance
the repition of consonant sounds
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually rhymed
Diction
word choice, specifically the “class” or “kind” of words chosen
Elegy
since the 17th century,usually denotes a reflective poem
enjambed
a “run on” line that carries over into the next to complete its meaning
euphony
combining of words that sounds pleasent together or are easy to pronounce
Imagery
the visual (or other sensory) pictures used to render a description more vivid and immediate
Rhythm
the patterns of stresses,unstressed syllables and pauses in language
Simile
figure of speech the compares two distinct things by using a connective word such as “like” or “as”
Speaker
The “I” of a poem,equivalent to the narrator of a pose text
Speech act
the manner of expression (as copossed to the context)
stanza
a verse of the poem
symbol
an image that stands for somthing larger and more complex
Symbolism
the serious and relatively sustained use of symbols to represent or suggest other things or ideas
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which part of something is used to represent the whole e.g “wheel” for “car”
Tone
the speakers author’s attitude towrds the reader, adressee,or subject matter
Trope
a figure of speech
Valediction
and act or utterance of farewell
