Poetry Vocab

Question 1

the use of the same letter at the beginning of each word or stressed syllable in a line or verse

Answer 1

alliteration

Question 2

the use of the same vowel sound in a group of words

Answer 2

assonance

Question 3

a mournful poem, usually for the dead

Answer 3

elegy

Question 4

language desired to arouse an emotional respons in the reader

Answer 4

emotive language

Question 5

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Answer 5

enjambment

Question 6

a moment of insight or understanding

Answer 6

epiphany

Question 7

unrhymed and unmetred poetry

Answer 7

free verse

Question 8

where the charachteristics of an inanimate or living being are given to something inanimat

Answer 8

personification

Question 9

fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

Answer 9

eloquent

Question 10

of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech.

Answer 10

polemical

Question 11

fond of having heated arguments.

Answer 11

disputatious

Question 12

perceptible by touch.

Answer 12

tangible

Question 13

analying ones own mental process - self analysis

Answer 13

introspective

Question 14

morbid

Answer 14

macabre

Question 15

vividly

Answer 15

evocatively

Question 16

a puzzle

Answer 16

enigmatic

Question 17

disruptive

Answer 17

subversive

Question 18

cheerful

Answer 18

exuberant

Question 19

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Answer 19

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Question 20

not religious

Answer 20

profane

Question 21

unique

Answer 21

idiosyncratic