Poetic Terms Flashcards
Rhyming words
Rhyme
Sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables e.g. Furrow followed
Alliteration
Regular patterns that emphasize sound
Rhythm
Basic rhythmic structure in verse, made up meter stresses
Meter
Rhyme within the same line of verse dreary and weary
Internal rhyme
Sounds like what they mean (e.g., buzz and purr); produce the effect
Onomatopoeia
The pattern of rhyming lines
Rhyme scheme
A repeating words, phrases lines, and even while verses of poems.
Repetition
Exaggerated figure of speech for emphasis . This book weighs a ton
Hyberbole
Metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines.. Entire literary work
Extended metaphors
Short poem feelings and emotions which may be set to music and often involves the use of regular meter
Lyrical poetry
Figurative language which non- human things
Personification
Two things that are essentially different using like or as
Simile
Create mental images
Imagery
End of a line
Line break
