Poetic terms Flashcards
Allusion?
A brief reference to a person, thing or event that writer assumes reader will recognise.
Assonance?
Repetition of stressed vowel sounds
Eg: like a fl(Y )in the sk(Y)
Blank Verse?
Form of poetry that doesn’t depend on rhyme for its rhythm
Caesura?
A strong pause within a line of poetry
End stopped lines?
Lines of verse that end with a full stop.
Enjambment?
The running over of a sentence from one line to the next
Form?
The physical shape or appearance of the poem
Free verse?
A poem that contains no structured form or rhyme scheme and doesn’t follow a standard metrical poem
Half rhyme?
Words that almost rhyme
Hyperbole?
The deliberate exaggeration in order to emphasise a fact or a feeling
Iambic pentameter?
Line of verse with five beats, which fall on second syllable of each pair
