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Scatter: poetry vocab part 1

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

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alliterationrepetition of sounds at the beginning of words
apostrophea figure of speech wherein an inanimate object is addressed as though it were animate
assonancerepetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
balladnarrattive poem that was originally meant to be sung
blank verseunrhymed poetry writen in iambic pentameter
concrete poetrypoetry wherein the form/structure reflect the content; poetry that looks like what it's about
confessional poetrypoetry that reveals personal information about the author
consonancerepetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of non-rhyming words
coupleta two line stanza (which often rhymes)
dramatic monologuepoem in which a speaker addresses a silent or absent listener
elegya long poem of mourning over death
epiclong narrative poem, usually the deeds of a great hero; Beowulf, The Iliad, The Odessy
epigrapha quote at the beginning of a literary work (revealing insight about the work to follow)
figure of speech/figurative languagewords/phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
form/structurethe 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
free versepoetry containing no regular pattern of rhyme or meter
hyperbolethe use of exaggeration for litereary effect
iambic pentametera line of poetry containing five two-syllable measures
imagerylanguage evoking the five senses, words/phrases making a reader see, feel, hear, taste, smell
plagiarismthe use of someone else's words or ideas without citing or giving them credit
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