Quizlet poetry vocab part 1

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  1. alliteration: repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
  2. apostrophe: a figure of speech wherein an inanimate object is addressed as though it were animate
  3. assonance: repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
  4. ballad: narrattive poem that was originally meant to be sung
  5. blank verse: unrhymed poetry writen in iambic pentameter
  6. concrete poetry: poetry wherein the form/structure reflect the content; poetry that looks like what it's about
  7. confessional poetry: poetry that reveals personal information about the author
  8. consonance: repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of non-rhyming words
  9. couplet: a two line stanza (which often rhymes)
  10. dramatic monologue: poem in which a speaker addresses a silent or absent listener
  11. elegy: a long poem of mourning over death
  12. epic: long narrative poem, usually the deeds of a great hero; Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odessy
  13. epigraph: a quote at the beginning of a literary work (revealing insight about the work to follow)
  14. figure of speech/figurative language: words/phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
  15. form/structure: the way a work of art is built; in poetry it is the physical arrangement of words on the page, that is, the length and placement of lines and stanzas
  16. free verse: poetry containing no regular pattern of rhyme or meter
  17. hyperbole: the use of exaggeration for litereary effect
  18. iambic pentameter: a line of poetry containing five two-syllable measures
  19. imagery: language evoking the five senses, words/phrases making a reader see, feel, hear, taste, smell
  20. plagiarism: the use of someone else's words or ideas without citing or giving them credit