Poetry Flashcards
Stanza
A grouping if lines in a poem
Meter
A unit of rhythm in poetry
Rhyme
A repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables of two words
End rhyme
A rhyme that occurs in the last syllables or words in two lines
Slant rhyme
A rhyme with words that have similar but not identical sounds
Internal rhyme
A rhyme that occurs in a single line
Rhyme scheme
The ordered pattern of rhyme at the ends of lines or the poem
Haiku
A type of poem
Simile
Comparing something using like or as
Hyperbole
A Exaggeration
Metaphor
Comparing something without like or as
Personification
Giving a non human human.Traits
Alliteration
A number of words having the same first consonant
Anaphora
Deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence
Refrain
A verse that apears at the end of a stanza