poetic terminology Flashcards
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The emotion that the poet is conveying to the reader
Tone
A comparison when we say one thing is ‘like’ something else
Simile
A pair of consecutive rhyming lines
Rhyming couplet
Pause or break in a line of poetry
Caesura
A figure of speech that compares unlike objects
Metaphor
The meanings implied by a particular word
connotation
A group of words that together create a theme in a text. E.g blood, ooze is a semantic field of violence
Samantic field
A trio of rhyming lines
Rhyming triplet
Extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Where a word or phrase has 2 or more possible meanings
Ambiguity
A variations language spoken by people from a certain place or background
Dialect
Repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming
assonance
The central idea of the poem- what the poem Is about
Theme
A word which mimics the sound or action it refers to
Onomatopeia
Line of verse with 5 metrical feet, each one consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (stressed) syllable.
Iambic pentametre
Use of hard, strong consonant sounds b, d, k, p at the beginning of words
Plosive
When an object represents something else
Symbolism
When words are used to imply the opposite of what they normally mean or when there is a difference between what people expect and what actually happens
Irony
Something that makes you feel a particular emotion
emotive
A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a second meaning
Allegory
A group of lines within a poem
Stanza
When animals or objects are said to have human characteristics
Personification
Repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words
consonance
When a line of poetry runs not the next line creating a flowing effect
Enjambment
Language used by the poet to persuade you of a particular point of view
Rhetoric
one person speaking at length
Monlogue
The same sound is repeated at the start of words that are close together
Alliteration
The use of sibilants such as s, ch, zh, sh
Sibilance
To use figurative language to create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader
Imagery
A metaphor which is sustained over several lines or throughout an entire poem or text
Extended metaphor
Audio - hearing
Tactile - touch
Visual - sight
Types of imagery: audio, tactile, visual
An indirect word or phrase used instead of something upsetting or offensive
Euphenism
A form of poem with 14 lines, following a clear rhyme theme
Sonnet
A turning point in the poem, when the argument or the changes dramatically
Volta
A phrase which deliberately contradicts itself
Oxymoron
