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Flashcards: Poetry Terms 2

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Poetryone of the three major types of literature
Free Versepoetry not written in regular rhymical pattern or meter
Blank Versepoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Stylethe way the pet uses words in a certian way
Prosethe ordinary form of written language
Stanzaa formal division of lines in a poem written as an unit
Versea line of traditional poetry written as a meter
Coupleta two line stanza
Narritive Poema story written in a verse
Lyric Poema poem that has feeling
Ballada story song and narrative poem
Limerickhumerous, nonsense verse of a triplet and couplet
Haikua Japense poem, 3 lines, 5,7,5, formator syllables
Cinquian5 line poem
Acrosticpoem that uses one word and makes words off of it
Sonneta poem thhas 14 lines
Iamic Pentameterpoem with line verse having 5 metrical meter which consists of metrical foot of two syllables
Rhyme Schemepattern of rhyme iused in a stanza, verse or couplet
Alliterationrepetion of letters at the beginning of a word
Similethe comparison of 2 things using like or as
Onamatopiawords that sound like the object they name or the sound the object makes
Sensory LanguageWord that lets you feel, hear, taste, smell or see
Auditory Imagemental imgage similar to auditory perception
Personificationgiving human qualities to animals or objects
Figurative Languagelanguage the contains images
Literal Languagespeech that use word or definiation meaning.
Themegeneral idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express
Toneattitude a writer takes toward a subject or character
Visual Imagessomething you see using words
English Sonnet3 four lined stanzas followed by a couplet with rymes
Italian SonnetA form of sonnet divided into eight line and six line parts. Also called a Petrarchan sonnet.
Connotationis the implied meaning of the word
Denotationsis the literal meaining of the word