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POETRY TERMS

POETRY TERMS. PLEASE TAKE NOTES AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG. ACROSTIC. VISUAL POEM THAT SHOWS A WORD GOING VERTICALLY DOWN, THE PHRASES OR SENTENCES COMING OUT OF THE LETTER ARE HORIZONTAL. ALLITERATION. REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUNDS WITHIN WORDS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER. ASSONANCE.

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POETRY TERMS

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  1. POETRY TERMS • PLEASE TAKE NOTES AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG.

  2. ACROSTIC VISUAL POEM THAT SHOWS A WORD GOING VERTICALLY DOWN, THE PHRASES OR SENTENCES COMING OUT OF THE LETTER ARE HORIZONTAL

  3. ALLITERATION REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUNDS WITHIN WORDS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER

  4. ASSONANCE REPETITION OF VOWEL SOUNDS WITHIN WORDS

  5. BALLAD A SONG LIKE POEM THAT TELLS A STORY, OFTEN ONE DEALING WITH ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE

  6. CINQUAIN POEM WITH 5 LINES

  7. CONCRETE A POEM WHOSE SHAPE RESEMBLES THE OBJECT IT DESCRIBES

  8. COUPLET A POEM WITH 2 RHYMING LINES

  9. DIAMONTE A POEM THAT TAKES A “DIAMOND” SHAPE, USES A PARTICULAR LENGTH OF WORDS

  10. ELEGY A SOLEMN AND FORMAL LYRIC POEM ABOUT DEATH

  11. END RHYME WORDS THAT RHYME AT THE END OF A LINE OF POETRY

  12. EPIC A LONG NARRATIVE POEM

  13. EPITHET A PHRASE THAT POINTS OUT A NOTABLE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON OR OBJECT

  14. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WORDS OR PHRASES USED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO SUGGEST MORE THAN THEIR USUAL MEANING

  15. FREE VERSE POETRY THAT IS “FREE” OF TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE

  16. HAIKU 3 LINE JAPANESE POEM WITH 17 SYLLABLES, WRITTEN MOSTLY ABOUT NATURE

  17. HEPTASTICH 7 LINED POEM

  18. HYPERBOLE FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT EXAGGERATES THE TRUTH TO EMPHASIZE AN IDEA OR FEELING

  19. IMAGERY WORDS OR PHRASES THAT APPEAL TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES

  20. LIMERICK A SHORT HUMOROUS POEM FROM IRELAND WITH 5 LINES RHYMED (AABBA)

  21. LYRIC A POEM THAT HAS A SINGLE SPEAKER AND EXPRESSES A DEEP EMOTION, OFTEN HAVING A MUSICAL QUALITY

  22. METAPHOR A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH ONE THING IS SPOKEN ABOUT AS IF IT WERE ANOTHER, UNLIKE THING

  23. MOOD FEELINGS OR MEANING CONVEYED IN THE POEM

  24. NARRATIVE POEM TELLS A STORY

  25. OCTET 8 LINED POEM

  26. ODE A SINGLE UNIFIED VERSE THAT HAS A SINGLE PURPOSE AND A SINGLE THEME

  27. ONOMATOPOEIA THE USE OF WORDS WHOSE SOUNDS IMITATE OR SUGGEST THEIR MEANING (CRASH, BUZZ, HISS)

  28. PERSONIFICATION A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN ANIMAL OR AN OBJECT IS GIVEN HUMAN QUALITIES

  29. QUATRAIN 4 LINED POEM

  30. REFRAIN ONE OR MORE LINES THAT ARE REPEATED IN A POEM OR SONG

  31. REPETITION THE USE OF A SOUND, WORD, PHRASE, LINE OR STANZA THAT IS REPEATED TWO OR MORE TIMES IN A POEM

  32. RHYME SCHEME THE PATTERN OF END RHYME IN A POEM

  33. RHYTHM THE PATTERN OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES IN A POEM

  34. SENSORY LANGUAGE DESCRIBES SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTES, AND TOUCH

  35. SESTET 6 LINED POEM

  36. SIMILE COMPARES TWO UNLIKE THINGS, USING THE WORDS (LIKE, AS, APPEAR, SEEM)

  37. SONNET 14 LINE POEM WITH A FIXED PATTERN OF RHYTHM AND FOLLOWS A RHYME SCHEME

  38. SPEAKER CHARACTER OR VOICE ASSUMED BY THE WRITER

  39. STANZA A GROUP OF LINES IN A POEM

  40. SYMBOL A PERSON, PLACE, OR THING THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE

  41. TERCET 3 LINED POEM

  42. THEME MESSAGE THAT THE AUTHOR CONVEYS IN A POEM

  43. TONE WRITER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT AND/OR AUDIENCE

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