Poetry Flashcards
Verse
Term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern,that are often, but not nessisarly, rhymed
Stanza
Section of poem like a paragraph in prose
Couplet
2 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 every other syllable is stressed; the way shakespeare rights his plays
Rhyme
Repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines
Meter
When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it’s called meter
Rhythm
Term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
Metaphor
Comparing 2 things not using like or as
*extended metaphor
An entire poem or page of text making one comparison
Simile
Comparing 2 things using like or as
Personification
Giving non human things human characteristics
Hyperbole
An enormous exaggeration
Symbol
Something small representing something larger
Alliteration
Repetition of the same consonant sound in a sequence of words usually at the beggining of a word or stressed syllable
(Descending dew drops)
Consonance
Common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds that precede by different vowel sounds
(Worth, Breath)
Assonance
Repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same (aslEEp under a trEE)
Imagery
Word use that paints pictures in readers minds
Mood
The way the setting affects the readers and characters
Tone
How the AUTHOR feels about his characters and subject
Allusion
Reference to another literary work, person, place, or time
Onomatopoeia
A word or combo of words that resemble specific sounds (buzz, rattle, bang)
Archetype
Term used to describe universal symbols that evoke unconscious responses in a reader. Common litterally archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, decent in the under world, ascents in heaven
Speaker
The voice used by an author to tell a story or to speak a poem. The speaker is often a created identity and should not automatically he equated with the authors self.
Prose
The way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words
