Honors English II Poetry Terms (A-D)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Alliteration | The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words. |
| Anapest | A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed), as in 'twas the night and to the moon. |
| Antithesis | A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other. |
| Apostrophe | Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. |
| Assonance | The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds, as in the tongue twister "Moses supposes his toeses are roses." |
| Ballad | A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. |
| Blank Verse | Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. |
| Carpe Diem | A Latin expression that means "seize the day." Carpe diem poems urge the reader (or the person to whom they are addressed) to live for today and enjoy the pleasures of the moment. |
| Conceit | A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different. |
| Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, as in lost and past or confess and dismiss. |
| Couplet | In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought |
| Dactyl | A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed), as in happily |
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