Spanish Literary Poetry Analysis terms Flashcards
Hipérbole
Hyperbole, exaggeration
Vocales
Vowels
Prosopopeya
Personification, giving human characteristics to non-human objects
Aliteración
Alliteration, repetition of the same sound or group of sounds
Anáfora
Anaphora, repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more verses or sentences
Antítesis
Antithesis, expression of contradictory ideas in similar phrases
Epíteto
Epithet, addition of adjectives that are not necessary, but emphasize a certain characteristic of a thing
Estribillo
Refrain, line or lines that are repeated throughout a poem
Estrofa
Stanza
Estructura
Structure, the framework of a literary work
Imagen
Image, literal or figurative representation of an object or sensory experience, mental image
Metáfora
Metaphor, a comparison between objects in which one object is typically symbolic of another
Onomatopeya
Onomatopoeia, use of words to imitate a sound
Paradoja
Paradox, union of apparently irreconcilable ideas
Pareado
Couplet, stanza of two lines
Rima asonante
Assonance, type of rhyme in which only the vowels rhyme
Rima consonante
Consonance, rhyme in which the last sounds rhyme
Símbolo
Symbol, use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea
Símil
Simile, comparison between two objects using like or as
Soneto
Sonnet, poetic composition of fourteen lines
Tema
Theme
Pregunta retórica
Rhetorical question, question asked only for effect, not intended to be answered
Ritmo
Rhythm, the cadence of a verse determined by the distribution of accented syllables
Romance
Romance, Spanish ballads poetics composition in eight syllable verses with assonance and paired verses
