Poetry Terminology Flashcards
What is a connotation?
An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is assonance?
Resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, airing particularly from the rhyming of two of more stressed vowels
Example of assonance?
swEEping gEEse
What is fricative alliteration?
Sounds that create friction of the breath
What letters create fricative alliteration?
F & V
What is plosive alliteration?
Alliteration where the initial consonant sound is plosive
What letters create plosive alliteration?
P, T, K, B, D, G
What is motif?
A recurring image or idea (eg, the colour red)
What is semantic field?
A set of words grouped together that refer to a specific subject
What is enjambment?
The continuation of a sentence without pause at the end of a line
What is anaphora?
The whole, or a part of, the opening line of a stanza is repeated
What is refrain?
A phrase, line or group of lines repeated at intervals
What is iambic pentameter?
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
What is dactylic dimeter?
A dactylic foot (know as dactyl) has a long syllable followed by two short syllables
What is free verse?
Poetry in which the rhythm and rhyme foes not repeat regularly
