Poetry terms Flashcards
form
the distinct way a form is laid out on the page
Lines
Poems are usually divided into lines, which may or may not be sentences.
Stanzas
When lines are arranged in groups.
Rhyme
is the likeness of sounds at the ends of words, as in suite, heat, and complete.
Internal rhyme
is the use of rhyming words within a line;
End rhyme
is the use of such words at the ends of lines
Rhyme scheme
A pattern of the end rhymes
Rhythm
is the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Meter
In some poems, the lines have a repeated rhythmic pattern, or meter
Alliteration
is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. “The cat crawled up the coo coo clock”
Assonance
is a repetition of vowel sounds in nonrhyming words
Consonance
is a repetition of consonant sound within or at the end of words
Onomatopoeia
is the use of words that sound like what they refer to, like buzz, hiss, crunch, and thump.
Speaker:
The voice that relates the ideas of the story of the poem
Imagery
is the language that appeals to the reader’s sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch.
