Poetry Terms Flashcards
Repetition of initial sounds
Alliteration
Direct comparison between two unlike objects
Metaphor
Description that appeals to one of the five senses
Imagery
Rhyme on a single syllable
Masculine rhyme
Repetition of consonant sounds within words
Consonance
Something that represents itself and something else
Symbol
Words that imitate the sounds to which they refer
Onomatopoeia
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects
Personification
Comparison using “like” or “as”
Simile
Repetition of vowel sounds within words
Assonance
Two or more rhyming syllables
Feminine rhyme
Rhyme coming at the end of lines
End rhyme
Words with similar sounds; half or imperfect rhyme
Slant rhyme
Listing words or ideas within a poem
Cataloging
Rhyme coming in the middle of lines
Internal rhyme
Poetry that does not have a rhyme or meter pattern
Free verse
A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
A poem consisting of 3 lines with 5, 7, 5 syllables each and usually about nature
Haiku
A poem inspired by art
Ekphrastic
A poem that expresses thoughts, feelings, or ideas
Lyric
A poem that consists of 5 lines with 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables.
Tanka
Word choice
Diction
Author’s attitude towards the subject matter
Tone
“Geese,” “police” create what kind of rhyme?
Masculine (one syllable rhyme created by the -eese sounds)
