Poetry Terminology
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mburpee on January 12, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 simile | figure of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as." EXAMPLE: His feet were as big as boats. |
| metaphor | a direct comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as." Shakespeare wrote the famous metaphor, "All the world is a stage." |
| personification | assigning human qualities to non-human things. EXAMPLE: The tropical storm slept for two days. |
| hyperbole | an expression of exaggeration. EXAMPLE: I nearly died laughing. |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate sounds. EXAMPLES: Boom, Gurgle, Plink |
| rhyme scheme | The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; this pattern is illustrated with letters of the alphabet. A separate letter is used for each end rhyme. For example, a sonnet has the following rhyme scheme abab / cdcd / efefe / gg |
| rhythm / meter | A sound element of poetry. Just like a song, the rhythm is created by the number of syllables and pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
| alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. EXAMPLE: He clasped the crag with crooked hands. |
| consonance | The repetition of a consonant sound in the middle or end of several words in a line or stanza. EXAMPLE: "Hast ever tramped along the road That has no end? The far brown winding road, your one A tattered weather-beaten swag, A silent mate To send His dumb warm comfort to the heart, A fount where dreams ascend." --Joseph Burrows, The Road That Has No End |
| assonance | the repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza. Dylan Thomas' famous poem "Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night" touches upon the subject of death and also sets the mood by using assonance as a literary tool: "Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage, against the dying of the light. . . .Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightBlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light." |
| line | one "line" of words. This is similar to one sentence in a paragraph. |
| stanza | a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought. This is similar to a paragraph in prose. |
| mood / tone | the overall feeling the poem creates: sad, lonely, angry, joyful, etc. |
| oxymoron | a technique in which two words with opposite meanings are put together for a special effect. EXAMPLES: jumbo shrimp, old news, small fortune, bittersweet |
| allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with. |
| pun | words with a humorous double meaning, a "play on words." EXAMPLE: A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants. |
| symbolism | using an object to represent an idea. A dove is often used to represent the idea of peace. |
| free verse poetry | poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme. Free verse often captures the natural rhythm of everyday spoken language. |
| limerick | a five-line poem that is often humorous. It has a regular meter and an "aabba" rhyme scheme. There once was a man from Peru Who dreamt he was eating his shoe He woke in the night With a terrible fright To find it was perfectly true. |
| sonnet | a 14-line rhyming poem written with ten syllables per line |
| narrative poetry | poetry that tells stories |
| epic poem | a long narrative poem that tells of the adventures of a hero of historic or legendary importance. Two very famous poems of this type are The Odyssey and The Iliad written by Homer, the ancient Greek writer. |
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