Poetry Terms Flashcards
Onomatopoeia
A sound effect achieved when a word reflects its literal meaning
Ex. Hiss,Buzz,mumble.
Opposite Imagery
Taking a group of words or a standard idea and presenting it as a opposite to what it means.
Ex.Her cold heart never gave in.
Stanza
A group of lines that stand together in a poem separated from one other by a skip.
Visual Pattern
When a poem is presented in a pattern that relates to meaning.
Extra Poetic Feature
Visual patterns , spacing1 or 2 word lines , dashes , font etc.
Personification
A literary device , which refers to the act of giving human qualities to something that’s not human.
Ex.The wind whistled through the open doorway.
Points of views
Omniscient -all knowing
Limited omniscient-one character is all knowing told from third person . He/she
First person- point of view of the narrator.
Poetic license
When the author puts words in a rhyming position but the words don't really rhyme. Ex. I see her eyes I know they have lied Oh how I have tried To be on her side
Refrain
A repeated verse throughout a poem.
Rhyme
Matching sounds at the end of words.
Rhyming poem
A poem that has a rhyming at the end of lines for more than half the poem.
Rhyming scheme
A pattern formed by the repetition of rhyming sounds at the end of lines.
Rhyme within a line
When the rhyming sound occurs in the middle of the line as well as or instead of at the end.
Free verse
An in rhyming poem for more than half the lines.
Smilie
A comparison using like or as
Ex she ran like the wind.
