Poetry Vocab Flashcards

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Concrete poem

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A poem shaped to look like its subject

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Connotation

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The set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning

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Couplet

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2 consecutive lines of verse with end rhymes, often functions as a stanza

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Denotation

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The actual dictionary definition of a word

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5
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Extended metaphor

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The subject is spoken of as though it were something else, differs from a metaphor bc several connected comparisons are made

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6
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Figurative language

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Speech that is not meant to be taken literally

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Free verse

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Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern

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Haiku

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A 3 line poem usually on the subject of nature, that is made up of 17 syllables- 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 syllables in the second line

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Imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses

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Limerick

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A humorous five Line poem that follows a specific form: 3 long lines (1,2,5) that rhyme and 2 short lines (3,4) that rhyme

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Lyric poem

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Highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things without using like it as

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13
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Narrative poem

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A poem that tells a story

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds

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15
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Onomatopoeia

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The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

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16
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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to a non human or inanimate object

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Poetry

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Imaginative writing in which language, images, sound and rhythm combine to create a special emotional effect, one of the 3 major types of literature

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Refrain

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A line of group of lines repeated at regular intervals

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Repetition

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The repeated use of sounds, words, phrases, or lines

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Rhyme

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The repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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Rhythm

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The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem

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Run on line

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In poetry, a line in which the meaning contains beyond the line. The line does not end with punctuation

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Simile

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A comparison of two things using like or as

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Stanza

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A group of lines that form a unit of poetry

Basically a paragraph of a poem

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of end rhymes in a poem

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Speaker

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The voice talking in a poem- sometimes the speaker is identical to the poet, but often the speaker and the poet are not the same. The speaker is a character the poet creates