Literature Poetry Set 2
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Haiku | Japanese poetry in whihc 17 syllables are arranged in three lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables. Nature is often the subject of haiku. The author much create a clear picture that evokes stong emotioponse to the reader.nal res[ |
| line | the core unit of a poem. Line length is an essential element of the poems meaning and rhythm. |
| lyric poetry | a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings. Most poesm other than dramatic and narrative poems are lyric poems. |
| meter | a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem. The meter of a poem emphasizes the musicla quality of the language. |
| narrative poetry | it tells a story of recounts events. Like a short stroy or a novel, a narrative poem has the following elements,plot, characters, setting,a dn theme |
| ode | a complex lyric poem that develops a serous and dignified theme. Odes appeal to oth the imagination and the intellect. Manay commemorate events or praise people or elements of nature. |
| quatrain | a four-line stanza, or group of lines, in poetry . the most common stanza in English. It can have a variety of meters and shyme schemes. |
| refrain | on eor more lines repeated in each stanza of a poem |
| sonnet | a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter. are classifies a tetrarchan or shakespearian |
| stanza | a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem. It is comparable toa a paragraph in prose. Each stanza may have the same number of lines or the number of lines may vary. |
| Sound devices | uses of words for theri auditory effect, can convey meaning and mood or unify a work. These include alliteration, assonance, consonance, meter, onomatopoeia, repetition, fhyme and rhythm |
| alliteration | the repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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