Poetry Terms Flashcards
Cacophony
Harsh and ugly word sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Ex: the school is cool
Connotation
Emotional association of a word
Ex: a gang of people
Denotation
Dictionary meaning of a word
Couplet
Two lines of poetry that belong together
Figurative expression
Using words out of normal meaning
Ex: he is hot
Literal expression
Using words for factual meaning
Metonymy
Calling a word by what it is closely associated with
Ex: the land belongs to the crown
Parody
Imitation of a serious piece of literature or song
Rhythm
Fixed pattern
Onomatopoeia
Words that resemble the sounds they make
Ex: the cow mooed
Blank verse
Unrhymed verse
Rhyme scheme
Last word in a line that rhymes
Foot
Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables
Free verse
No rhythm or rhyme
Poetic license
Author has complete freedom of usage of words, letters and punctuation
Antecedent
Event or word which comes before
Internal rhyme
Rhyme within a line
