Poetic Devices Flashcards
The repeating of a phrase at the beginning of a stanza
Anaphora
Shift or dramatic change in thought or emotion
Volta
Organization of accented syllables separated by unaccented syllables.
Rhythm
UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
MARKED WITH A DASH
STRESSED SYLLABLES
MARKED A SLASH
unstressed-stressed
-/
Iamb/ iambic
Stressed-unstressed
/-
Trochee/trochaic
A symbolic representation of something abstract or spiritual meaning
Allegory
A brief reference to a person, historical event, work of art or anything biblical or mythological
Allusion
Comparing something unfamiliar with something familiar.
ie. the relationship began to thaw
Analogy
Speaking to an imagined listener or object.
Apostrophe
Exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
Contradictory statement or situation.
Irony
A direct comparison to two unlike things. A resemblance of two different things.
Metaphor
Persons or a place is referred to something closely associated.
ie. the White House send their regards
Metonymy
Combination of two words that contradict
Oxymoron
Statement that seems contradicting but may be true
Paradox
Two unlike thing compared using like or as
Simile
Inanimate objects. Animals or ideas with human characteristics
Personification
Shorted stanza
Couplet
Heroic couplet
Paired rhymed lines in iambic pentameter
Four line stanza
Quatrain
6 line stanza
Sestet
Continuation of logical sense
Enjambment
Group of verses
Stanza
Single line in metrical pattern
Verse
Sonnet
14 line poem in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme
