Poetry Terms Flashcards
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words
Allusion
A reference to another text, figure, or event
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds within words
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sound within or at the end of words
Enjambment
continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
line/stanza
A line is a line row of poetry and a stanza is a group of lines
Meter
The rhythmic pattern of a poem based on stressed and unstressed syllables
Iamb
2 syllables da-DUM
Trochee
2 syllables - DUM-da
Anapest
3 syllables - da da DUM
Dactyl
3 syllables - Dum da da
Rhyme Scheme
Pattern of rhymes at the end of a line
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme within a line
End Rhyme
rhyme at the end of a line
Slant/Near Rhyme
words that almost rhyme but not fully
Petrarchan sonnet
A 14-line poem with an octave and a sestet
Shakespearean sonnet
A 14-line poem w/ 3 quatrains and a couplet
Simile
A comparison using like or as
Metaphor
A direct comparison between two things
Speaker
the person whose perspective the poem is written from
