Poetry Terms Flashcards
Groups of lines set apart by spaces
Stanzas
Rows of words in poetry
Lines
Words with same ending sounds
Rhyme
A sequence of letters
Ex. Abab
Rhyme scheme
The beat of a poem
Rhythm
Recurring pattern
Meter
Repeating of words or lines in poetry
Repetition
Repetition of initial consonant sound
Alliteration
Comparison that uses like or as
Simile
Comparison does not use like or as
Metaphor
Human qualities on non living things
Personification
Stands for some thing else
Symbolism
Reference to another work
Allusion
Position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story
Point of view
Narrator of a story
Speaker
Central idea that a poem explores
Theme
Mood the poem creates
Tone
Like a song
Lyric poem
Two or more stanzas
Ode
Very short poem
Haiku
Fourteen lines, 8 idea, 6 question idea
Sonnet
Doesn’t follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme
Free verse
Stanzas of two to four lines
Ballad
Dictionary definition
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