Study Guide: Poetry Terms + Words Parts Flashcards
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
blackout poetry
Blackout poetry, also known as erasure or redacted poetry, are all types of found poetry. Specifically, found poetry has a goal of using pre-existing or “found” text to create something new. Portions of the original text are kept, while other parts are drawn over or crossed out
concrete poem
objects composed of words, letters, colors, and typefaces, in which graphic space plays a central role in both design and meaning.
couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
end rhyme
the rhyming of final syllables in two or more lines of poetry.
free verse
an open form of poetry
haiku
a Japanese poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third
hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Line
a one-dimensional figure, which has length but no width
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
quatrain
a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
rhyme scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
