Poetic Terms Flashcards
Anaphora
Repetition at the start of a line
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound anywhere within a section of the poem
Caesura
Break in the line (eg. full stop midline)
Consonance
Repetition of a constonant sound in a section of the poem
Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines
(rhyming couplet)
Enjambment
A flow on the line (where it carries onto the next line/stanze)
Form
Specific type of poem
(Eg. Sonnet or haiku)
Fricatives
Consonants that create a turbulent flow of air
(Eg. F or TH)
Iambic pentameter
A line containing 10 syllables where the stress alternates from soft to heavy (5 pairs of syllables)
Meter
Measurement of the rhythm of a poem
Octet
A stanza with 8 lines
Quartet
A stanza with 4 lines
Ode
A poem in praise of something
(usually adresses and glorifies it)
Oxymoron
Two words positioned together with contrasting ideas
Plosive
Sound that explodes from the mouth (eg. P)
Half rhyme
When the words almost rhyme
Eye rhyme
When the words look as though they should rhyme but do not
Sestet
Stanza with 6 lines
Sonnet
14 line poem usually associated with love
Staccato
Short and abrupt
