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APE4 Poetry Terms

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foot
basic metrical unit of poetry, such as an iamb or an anapest
stanza
group of lines in a poem; poetry equivalent of a paragraph
iamb
U/
trochee
/U
anapest
UU/
dactyl
/UU
spondee
//
monometer
one poetic foot per line
dimeter
two poetic feet in the line
trimeter
three poetic feet in the line
tetrameter
four poetic feet in the line
pentameter
five poetic feet in the line
hexameter
six poetic feet in the line
heptameter
seven poetic feet in the line
octameter
eight poetic feet in the line
nonometer
nine poetic feet in the line
couplet
two line stanza
tercet
three line stanza
quatrain
four line stanza
cinquain
five line stanza
sestet
six line stanza
septet
seven line stanza
octave
eight line stanza
end
rhyme that occurs at the end of lines
masculine
one-syllable rhyme
feminine
two-syllable rhyme
internal
rhyme occurring within lines
slant
approximate rhyme
ballad
narrative poem, usually written in quatrains, basic rhyme scheme, ballad meter
lyric
emotional poem, personal in nature
ode
lyric poem addressing subjects of an elevated nature
elegy
formal lyric poem written in honor of someone who has died
Petrarchan sonnet
14 line sonnet with an octave and a sestet
Shakespearean sonnet
14 line sonnetwith three quatrains and a couplet
villanelle
type of poetry with tercets and alternatively repeating refrains that increase in intensity and meaning
alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
apostrophe
direct address of a nonhuman entity or absent/dead person
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
cacophony
unpleasant or harsh sounds
conceit
a particularly clever extended metaphor
euphony
pleasant sounds
metaphor
comparison between unlike things
metonymy
referring to something as something related to it ("lend me your ears")
synecdoche
referring to a part with the whole or vice versa ("Russia won the gold medal")
onomatopoeia
words which have a sound that reflects its meaning
personification
associating human qualities with nonhuman things
synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
anthimeria
use of one part of speech as another ("fruit-batting")
iambic
pentameter most popular meter in English poetry
blankverse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
freeverse
unrhymed verse with no standard meter
caesura
pause
enjambment
run-on line
phonetic
intensives use of phonics associated with particular meanings ("oo" = melancholy)
refrain
repeated line or phrase
haiku
Japanese form of poetry using 3 lines and 17 syllables, employs a nature word and a contrast leading to enlightenment
limerick
humorous or nonsense poem with anapestic aa3bb2a3 form
sestina
a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final tercet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends
cadence
beat or rhythm of poetry in a general sense
canto
a section (grouping of stanzas) in a long work of poetry
controlling
image image (or other device such as metaphor) that carries through a poem and lends it meaning
consonance
repetition of consonant sounds, not necessarily at the beginning of words
epic
a long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
paradox
a contradictory statement that expresses truth
understatement
presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is
plosive
a "hard" consonant (such as T, K, P, D)
allusion
reference to a commonly known historical, Biblical, or literary figure
dramatic
irony in poetry, when the speaker's attitude differs from the poet's
couplet
two-line stanza
tercet
three-line stanza
quatrain
four-line stanza
cinquain
five-line stanza
sestet
six-line stanza
septet
seven-line stanza
octave
eight-line stanza
speaker
the narrative voice of a poem
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