poetry terms Flashcards
poem
poet chooses and aranges words to create strong feeling thro meaning,sound and rhythum
lines
rows of words, that dont always follow the rules
stanzas
Groups of lines set apart by spaces and fits overall structure of a poem
rhyme
same ending sounds EX: cat,nat
rhyme scheme
a sequence of letters like abab
rhythm
beat, stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
metaphor
reacurring pattern
repetition
repeating of words or lines in poetry, unify a poem or reinforce the meaning or theme
alliteration
repetition or an initial consonant sound
simile
comparison that uses ike or as EX: as quiet as a mouse
metaphor
comparison that doesn’t use like or as EX: the snow was as white as my dog.
personification
human qualities to a nonliving thing EX: my alarm clock yells every morning
symbolism
things to stand for something else EX: a butterfly is a transformation in its life
allusion
reference to another work EX: my achilles heel is math class.
point of view
:position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story or observes something,
speaker
the narrator of a story, voice of poem and may be the voice of the poet or another person or character
theme
:central idea that a poem explores
tone
mood the poem’s create , playful, angry and melancholy. it changes the speakers reflection on a topic that moves in a different direction
lyric poem short lika a song EX: somebodys problem
It’s a short poem like a song
Ode
It’s two or more stanzas
Haiku
Very short poem, three lines, nature (5-7-5 syllable pattern
Sonnet
Fourteen lines, first eight lines develop one idea, last six lines question that idea
Ballad
Stanzas of two to four lines and a refrain repeats and tells a story
Free verse
Does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme
Connotations
Cultures definition= fat baby vs. chubby baby
Denotations
Dictionary definitions
