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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approximate time | the final rhyming sounds are close but not the same |
| assonance | the reppition of vowel sounds in a group of words |
| ballad | a narrative poem that depends on regular verse patterns and strong rhymes for its effort |
| blank verse | Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter -- that is, with each line usually containing five iambs, which consist of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| connotation | The suggested meanings of a word or phrase; the meanings and feelings that have become associated with the word, in addition to its explicit meaning. |
| dead metaphor | A metaphor which has become so commonplace that it has lost its force, and we forget that it is not literally true. |
| denotation | he explicit meaning of a word, as listed in a dictionary. |
| diction | A writer's choice of words. |
| dramatic monologue | a type of dramatic poem in which only one cahracter speaks |
| dramatic poem | a poem in which one or more characters speak |
| elegy | A lyric poem which expresses mourning, usually over the death of an individual. |
| end rhyme | places the rhyme sounds at the end of the line of verse. |
| epic | A long narrative poem that usually centers on a single important character who embodies the values of a particular society. |
| eye rhyme | words that look like they should rhyme but do not |
| folk ballad | a ballad that originates as an anonymous song and is passed on orally before being written down (typically, the author is unknown). |
| free verse | Poetry that does not have a fixed line length, stanza form, rhyme scheme, or meter. |
| hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration or overstatement for effect. |
| implied metaphor | a metaphor that does not directly tell us that one thing is another different thing. |
| internal rhyme | repeats sounds within the lines of verse. |
| inversion | The reversal of the usual order of words in a sentence. |
| literal language | Language that states facts or ideas directly. |
| literary ballad | a ballad composed by a known writer. |
| meter | The regular pattern of rhythm -- that is, of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse. |
| metrical foot | usually consists of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables |
| motif | the main idea or most distinctive quality of a work of art |
| octave | A grouping of eight lines of verse, as in the first eight lines of a Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet. |
| onomatopeia | The use of a word whose sound imitates or reinforces its meaning. |
| paradox | A statement that appears to be contradictory yet contains some element of truth. |
| petrarchan sonnet | A lyric poem of fourteen lines, written in iambic pentameter, with an octave (first eight lines) that establishes a position or problem, and a sestet (last six lines) that resolves it. |
| poetic inversion | inversion used in a poem |
| poetry | Traditionally, poetry is language arranged in lines with a regular rhythm and often with a definite rhyme scheme. Experimental poetry often does away with regular patterns of meter and rhyme, but it usually is set up in lines. |
| quatrain | A group of four lines of verse which are unified in thought and sometimes in rhym |
| refrain | One or more words, phrases, or lines that are repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza. |
| rhyme | The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all succeeding sounds in words that appear close together in verse. |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem. |
| rhythm | In language, the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| scanning | determinig the metrical pattern of a line |
| sestet | The final six lines of a Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet. |
| shakesperaren sonnet | A lyric poem of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, with three quatrains and a concluding couplet. |
| sonnet | A lyric poem having fourteen rhymed lines, usually written in iambic pentameter |
| speaker | The voice in a poem |
| stanza | A group of related lines that forms a division of a poem or a song. |
| villanelle | intiricate 19 lined poem of french origin |
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