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Poetry semester 2 serb

Terms in this set (46)

figurative language
Writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid.
Simile
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor
a comparison between two unlike things
direct metaphor
States the 2 things being compared
implied metaphor
States one part of comparison
extended metaphor
Comparison continued throughout a large majority of Poem
Conceit
Comparison between two almost startling different things
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Understatement
the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
Imagery
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
Meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
free verse
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Metrical poetry
poetry that has a meter
end rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
exact rhyme
the repetition of the same stressed vowel sound as well as any consonant sounds that follow the vowel
slant rhyme
rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
Allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Anastrophe
Inversion of the natural or usual word order
Apostrophe
a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction or an object
iambic pentameter
a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
Mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Paradox
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
Pun
A play on words
Tone
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
turn
Change in meaning
Sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
lyric poem
Poetry which focuses on expressing the poets thoughts and feelings to create a single unique impression
elegy
A lyric poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost
Ode
Elaborate, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject
English Sonnet (Shakespearean Sonnet)
(14 lines) Three quatrains followed by a couplet The most common rhyme scheme for this sonnet is abab cdcd efef gg
Spenserian Sonnet
abab bcbc cdcd ee
Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan)
fourteen line poem broken into an octave and a sestet
narrative poem
Non dramatic, objective poem which tells a story or narrative
Ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
Epic
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
Sestina
a poem with six stanzas of six lines in which the end words in the lines of the first stanza are repeated, in a set order of variation, as the end words of the stanzas that follow.
Villanelle
A French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercera and a final quatrain rhyming aba aba aba aba aba aba abaa. Lines 1,6,2,18 and 3,9,15,19 are the refrain
refrain
A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.
Octave
eight line stanza
Sestet
6 line stanza
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