| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Oral Tradition of Poetry | Poetry whose origins predate or belong to cultures without writing |
| Classical and Neoclassical Movements | These poets belief that good poetry should follow complex rhyme schemes and be formal, sophisticated |
| Romantic Movement of Poetry | The hippies of the late 18th century who stressed nature, imagination, and freedom |
| Modernist Movement of Poetry | Poetry written between 1890 and 1970 - liked simplicity and symbolism. |
| Post-Modern Movement of Poetry | Poets and artist who believe that there are no absolute truths or realities. Anything can be art (even a toliet seat). |
| Confessionalist Movement of Poetry | Americans of the 1950's and 60's who used their poetry to tell the world about their personal problems |
| Line | A phrase of text |
| Stanza | One of divisions of a poem composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines |
| Ballad | A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain |
| Couplet | A unit verse consisting of two successive lines |
| Narrative Poetry | Poetry that tells a story |
| Haiku | 5 - 7 - 5 Japanese poetic form |
| Limerick | a light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse with the rhyme scheme aabba |
| Lyric | poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style |
| Ode | A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal structure |
| Sonnet | 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes "abab cdcd efef gg" |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words |
| Assonance | Resemblance of vowel sounds in words |
| Consonance | Close correspondence of sounds; the repetition of consonants |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that are like sounds |
| Rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyme in a poem |
| Rhythm | Patten or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Metaphor | comparing something without using like or as. |
| Diction | Choice and use of words in speech or writing |
| Simile | Figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as |
| Allusion | referencing a well known person, event, literary work |
| imagery | creating the senses with words, especially visuals. |
| irony | an unexpected outcome |
| hyperbole | an extreme exaggeration |
| symbolism | when something represents something else. |
| theme | the lesson you are supposed to learn, the message or moral |
| free verse | poems with no rhyme scheme, etc. |
| meter | measurement of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| concrete | poems in the shape of the main subject |
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