Poetry Flashcards
Verse
term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily.
Prose
the way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words
Stanza
section of poem/ like a paragraph in prose
Couplet
2 lines ( not on quiz but quatrain is 4 lines)
Repetition
repeating words, lines, or ideas to make a point
refrain
a line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly
blank Verse
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter( 10 syllables, everyother is stressed; the way shakespeare writes his plays)
rhyme
repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end if lines
meter
when a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called a meter
rhythm
term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
metaphor
comparing two things NOT using like or as
simile
comparing to things using like or as
personification
giving non human things human characteristics
hyperbole
an enormous exaggeration
symbol
something small representing something larger