Poetry Terms Flashcards
Couplet
A set of 2 lines in a poem
“Orchid flower on the pot rainy summer not so not”
Stanza
Groups of lines in a poem
Like a paragraph
Quatrain
A set of 4 lines in a poem
-“trapped within a haze of fear , The Lord of lies does appear, clouded by so much that’s wrong. Truth gets twisted by his song.”
Rhythm
The pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables of words.
Rhyme
Repetition of identical or similar sounds
- identical - cat, hat,mat
- similar -ear,air
Rhyme Scheme
A pattern of end rhymes; labeled by using letters (a b a b)
Figurative Language
Language that is not meant to be interpreted literally
Examples- metaphor , personification
“The spider was as big as a car!”
Assonance
Repetition of the vowel sounds
Examples- child of silence
Hear the mellow wedding bells.
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words with different vowels
Examples- gi(v)e and lo(v)e
Paradox
A statement that seems contradictory but actually may be true.
The younger she acts, the older she seems.
Nobody goes to that restaurant because it’s too crowded.
