poety glossary Flashcards
Tercet
3 lined stanza
Tone
The emotions the writer is feeling when writing the poem
Volta
Where there is a ‘turning point’ within the poem
Theme
The central idea of the poem;what it is about
Stanza
A verse
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in english typically having 10 syllables per line
Simile
A comparison when we say one thing is ‘like’ something else
Sibilance
Repeated ‘sss’ sound used at the beginning or within words close together
Semantic Field
A group of words that together create a theme in a text
Rhyme
When 2 or more words have the same sound at the end of a line
Refrain
Is a verse or a phrase that is repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem- after a chorus or a stanza
Quatrain
4 line stanza
Poetic voice
The speaker in the poem
Plosive Consonants
Harsh consonants such as b and p
Personification
When objects or animals are said to have human characteristics
Persona
The character/person in the poem
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that joins together words of opposites meaning bitter sweet
Onomatopoeia
Words that sound like what they sound
Monologue
A long speech by one person
Metaphor
A figure of speech that compare unlike objects
Juxtaposition
2 directly contrasting ideas
Imagery
To use figurative language to create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
Enjambment
Lines that run over with no punctuation
End stopped lines
Full stop at the end of line
Couplet
2 lines that rhyme
Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant or consonant pattern two or more times in a short succession eg slither slather
Connotation
The meaning implied by a particular word
Cinquain
5 lined stanza
Caesura
Strong pause in a line
Alliteration
The same sound is repeated at the start of words that are close together
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sounds to create internal rhyming eg slice of ice
