Poetry Terms Flashcards
lyric
the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, a short poem with one speaker
Concrete Poetry
poetry arranged spatially to create a visual effect
with white space or lineation
Dramatic monologue
a narrative poem in which a single speaker is speaking to an unnamed or unresponding listener
free verse
Poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme
quatrain
a four-line section of a poem
refrain
the chorus - the lines or line that are repeated at regular intervals
stanza
a group of lines in a poem divided off from the others
caesura
period, dash, or semicolon within a line of poetry. Is not at the end
enjambment
when one line in a poem is “run on” to the next by an absence of any punctuation at the end of the first line
SIGNIFICANT stylistic choice
couplet
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
heroic couplet
at the end of a Shakespeare act/scene, closes the scene
imagery:
sight
sound
smell
taste
touch
oraganic
sight: visual
sound: aural
smell: olfactory
taste: gustatory
touch: tactile
organic: relating to organs
Rhythm
the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
half rhyme
rhyming the first and last consonants with a different vowel sound in the middle.
Ex. flip/flop seen/sign
internal rhyme
rhyme within the same line of poetry
