Poetry Terms
Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
Analogy: a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect. Often used in nonfiction, when an unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: a repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.
Ballad: A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. Each line of blank verse has 5 pairs of syllables. In most pairs, an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. Imitates the natural rhythms of English speech.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Poetry that doesn't contain a regular pattern o rhyme and meter. Often flow more naturally than do rhymed, metrical lines.
Haiku: a poem that consists of 5-7-5 rule.
Imagery: Consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. Imagery usually sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch to help the reader imagine what is being described.
Lyric Poem: A short poem n which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.
Narrative Poem:Poem that tells a story. Like a short novel, a narrative has characters, setting, plot, point of view, all of which combine to develop a theme.
Ode: A lyrical poem in he form of an address to a subject often in style or manner.
Rhyme: The occurrence of similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of peotry.
Analogy: a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect. Often used in nonfiction, when an unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: a repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.
Ballad: A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. Each line of blank verse has 5 pairs of syllables. In most pairs, an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. Imitates the natural rhythms of English speech.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Poetry that doesn't contain a regular pattern o rhyme and meter. Often flow more naturally than do rhymed, metrical lines.
Haiku: a poem that consists of 5-7-5 rule.
Imagery: Consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. Imagery usually sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch to help the reader imagine what is being described.
Lyric Poem: A short poem n which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.
Narrative Poem:Poem that tells a story. Like a short novel, a narrative has characters, setting, plot, point of view, all of which combine to develop a theme.
Ode: A lyrical poem in he form of an address to a subject often in style or manner.
Rhyme: The occurrence of similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of peotry.
