Poetry Flashcards
Term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed
Verse
Section of poem/ like a paragraph in prose
Stanza
2 lines; 4 lines
Couplet
Repeating words, lines, or ideas to make a point
Repetition
A line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly
Refrain
Unrhymed lines or iambic pentameter (10 syllables, every other syllable is stressed; the way Shakespeare writes his plays)
Blank verse
Repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end of lines
Rhyme
When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem
Meter
Term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
Rhythm
Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as
Metaphor
Comparing 2 things USING like or as
Simile
Giving non human things human characteristics
Personification
An enormous exaggeration
Hyperbole
Something small representing something larger
Symbol
Repetition of the same CONSONANT sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable (descending dew drops)
Alliteration
A common type of bear rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds: home, same (worth, breath)
Consonance
Repetition of internal vowel sounds I nearby words that do not end the Same (asleep under a tree)
Assonance
Word use that paints pictures in readers’ minds
Imagery
The way the setting affects the readers and characters
Mood
How the AUTHOR feels about his characters and subject
Tone
Reference to another literal work, person, place, or time
allusion
A word or combination of words that resemble specific sounds (buzz, rattle, bang)
Onomatopoeia
Term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader. Common literary archetypes include stories of quests, initiations, descents to the underworld, and ascents to heaven
Archetype
The voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem. The speaker is often a created identity and should not automatically be equated with the author’s self
Speaker
The way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words
Prose
4 lines
Quatrain
