Poetic Terminology
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MaxineVanichkul on September 27, 2011
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ap literature and composition, poetry, literature and composition, literature, composition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Atmosphere | The general pervasive feeling which may be said to condition the treatment of the subject of any literary work. |
| Concentration | The functional relatationships existing among a number of complex factors. |
| Diction | The word choice. |
| Form | Organization of the rhythm of the poem. |
| Foot | The metrical unit, a combination of one accented and one or more accented syllables. |
| Iamb | Unaccented --> accented (avoid) |
| Anapest | Two unaccented --> accented (intervene) |
| Trochee | Accented --> unaccented (only) |
| Dactyl | Accented --> two unaccented (happily) |
| Line | One or more feet in a verse. |
| Monometer | One foot. |
| Dimeter | Two feet. |
| Trimeter | Three feet. |
| Tetrameter | Four feet. |
| Pentameter | Five feet. |
| Hexameter | Six feet (or Alexandrine). |
| Heptameter | Seven feet. |
| Blank Verse | Unrimed iambic pentameter, not broken into formal units. |
| Free Verse | Does not conform to any pattern. |
| Rime | Binds lines together into larger units of composition. |
| Rhythm | The relationship between accented and unaccented syllables. |
| Intensity | A meaningful relationship among all factors involved in a poem. |
| Imagery | "Mental picture." |
| Simile | Stated comparison. |
| Metaphor | Implied comparison. |
| Theme | Basic idea or attitude. |
| Masculine Rhyme | Single, strong syllables. |
| Feminine Rhyme | Strong syllables followed by identical weak syllables. |
| Internal Rhyme | Rhyme occuring elsewhere rather than in the end. |
| Pause | Natural delay or rest that occurs in reading. |
| Alliteration | Repetition of consonants. |
| Assonance | Identical vowel sounds within differing vowel sounds. |
| Slant Rhyme | Identical final consonant sounds accompanying different initial consonant sounds and different but closely related vowel sounds. |
| Onomatopoeia | Sound effects that imitate the meaning of words. |
| Verse Texture | Total pattern of sound and rhythm in a passage or whole poem. |
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