Dolan's poetry terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allegory | work in which every element [characters, events, settings] symbolizes something else |
| alliteration | repetition of sound at beginning of words [consonant] |
| analogy | comparison of two things that are alike in some ways but otherwise quite different |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| ballad | four-line rhyming stanzas that tell a story |
| blank verse | unrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter |
| connotation | set of ideas or emotional associations a word suggests |
| consonance | consonant sounds match, but preceding vowel sounds do not |
| context | conditions in which the poem occurs [historical & cultural] |
| denotation | a word's dictionary definition |
| diction | author's or poet's choice of words and how the choices express ideas/emotions |
| dramatic irony | when something is known by reader/audience but not by characters |
| dramatic poem | uses elements of drama [monologue/dialogue] to tell the story |
| elegy | usually in a formal tone lamenting death |
| feet | units of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| figurative language | writing/speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally |
| free verse | poems without a pattern of lines or rhymes |
| haiku | syllables: 5 7 5 |
| hyperbole | overstatement/exaggeration is used for dramatic effect |
| imagery | creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind & appeals to the senses |
| irony | difference between appearance and reality |
| irony of situation | an event occurs that violates expectations of character, reader, or audience |
| lyric poem | expresses emotions of speaker, usually musical in style [includes free verse] |
| metaphor | comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another |
| meter | regular rhythmic pattern - number of feet in a line |
| mood | emotion created in reader by the poem |
| narrative poem | poem that tells a story |
| ode | poem intended to honor or praise someone/something |
| onomatopoeia | words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer |
| paradox | a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
| personification | figure of speech in which an animal, thing, or idea is described with human qualities |
| prose | extensive use of poetic language that blurs line of poetry |
| repetition | repeating something to add emphasis to an idea |
| rhyme | the repetition of sounds in words |
| rhythm | pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry |
| setting | time and place in which the poem occurs [geographical and chronological] |
| simile | comparison that uses 'like' or 'as' |
| sonnet | fourteen-line poem usually in iambic pentameter |
| S-E sonnet | three quatrains & rhyming couplet |
| P-I sonnet | octave and sestet |
| speaker | character who narrates poem - voice assumed by writer |
| stanza | group of any number of lines |
| symbol | anything that stands for or represents itself and something else |
| tanka | syllables: 5 7 5 7 7 |
| tenor | object being discussed in a metaphor [what you're really talking about] |
| tone | emotional attitude toward reader or subject or poem [familiar, ironic, playful, sarcastic, serious, sincere] |
| vehicle | object being used in a metaphor [what you're describing something as] |
| verbal irony | writer, speaker, or character says one thing but means another |
| voice | writer's use of language to reflect personality and attitude toward topic, form, and audience |
| absolve | forgive |
| deign | condescend; consent to act below one's normal level of dignity |
| plight | awkward or wretched situation |
| primal | fundamental; primitive |
| forbearance | patience |
| temperate | moderate |
| steal | move silently or cautiously |
| wariness | caution |
| concede | admit |
| discard | throw away |
| probe | explore; search |
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