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Poetry Vocab

Terms in this set (20)

Allegory
An entire poem/work is symbolizing a bigger idea (Example-The Odyssey is an allegory for the journey of life.)
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds (Example-Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.)
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds (Example-The o-sound from following line in "The Bells")
Consonance
Type of slant rhyme in which the ending consonant sounds of 2 words match, but the preceding vowel sound does not (Example-Wind and Sound)
Couplet
Two lines of verse that usually rhyme
End Rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of poetry
Epic
Long story, often told in verse (poetry), involving heroes and gods (Example-The Odyssey by Homer)
Figurative Language
Writing/speech meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally (Example-Hyperbole, simile, metaphor, etc.)
hyperbole
Exaggeration ( Example- This headache is killing me
Iambic pentameter
A line consisting of 10 syllables of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables (Example-Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)
Imagery
Language using the 5 senses to create a mental picture
Internal rhyme
Use of rhyming words within the lines
Metaphor
A comparison of two things where one thing is spoken as if it were another 1 item= item 2 (Example- His arms are a fortress)
Meter
Rhythmical pattern of a poem
Onomatopoeia
Use of the words/ phrase that sound like the things that which they refer (Example-Buzz, click, pop)
Personification
A figure of speech in which an idea, animal, or thing is given qualities of a person (Example- Pots having babies in Goha and the Pot)
Rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the ends of words (Example- Rule and cool)
Simile
A comparison of two thing using like or as (Example- His arms are like a fortress)
Sonnet
A 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
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