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Exploring Poetic Terms: Structure, Sound, and Meaning in Poetry

This guide delves into essential poetic terms, focusing on the elements that shape a poem's structure, sound, and meaning. Key terms such as 'line', 'stanza', 'rhyme', 'assonance', and 'alliteration' define how poems are constructed and perceived. We also explore 'connotation' and 'denotation', highlighting how words can evoke more than their literal meaning. Understanding these poetic devices enriches our appreciation of literature, allowing deeper engagement with the emotions and themes expressed by poets.

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Exploring Poetic Terms: Structure, Sound, and Meaning in Poetry

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  1. Poetic Terms The plain language version

  2. Line Stanza Rhyme Assonance Consonance Alliteration Symbolism Imagery Metaphor Simile Connotation Denotation Symbolism Terms to discuss

  3. Terms of Structure • Line - one row of a poem Ex. What happens to a dream deferred?

  4. Terms of Structure • Line - one row of a poem Ex. What happened to a dream deferred? • Stanza - a group of lines separated by a space

  5. Terms of Structure • Line - one row of a poem Ex. What happened to a dream deferred? • Stanza - a group of lines separated by a space Ex. Maybe it just sags Like a heavy load

  6. Terms of Sound Rhyme - when the end of words sound the same Ex. Sun, run

  7. End Rhyme Ex I like to run And have some fun

  8. Internal rhyme Ex. Out in the sun I like to run

  9. Assonance Repetition of the vowel sound in a line Ex. The tide rises, the tide falls

  10. Consonance The repetition of the final consonant Ex. Tick tock, singsong

  11. Alliteration The repetition of the initial sound Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

  12. Terms of Meaning Connotation Denotation Symbolism

  13. Denotation

  14. Denotation The literal, dictionary definition of a word or phrase

  15. Connotation

  16. Connotation The implied meaning or feeling to a word. Goes beyond denotation

  17. Rank in order of which is most appealing • Shack • Home • House • Cabin • Lodge • Shanty • Abode

  18. Symbolism • A symbol is a person, place, thing, or event that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself. • An allegory is a story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

  19. Scansion • The process of analyzing a poem’s metrical structure.

  20. Foot • A foot is a grouping of stressed (´ ) and/or unstressed ( ˘ ) syllables. • Iamb ˘ ´ • Trochee ´ ˘ • Anapest ˘ ˘ ´ • Dactyl ´ ˘ ˘ • Spondee ´ ´ • Pyrrhic ˘ ˘

  21. Meter • Number of feet per line • Mono = 1 • Di = 2 • Tri = 3 • Tetra = 4 • Penta = 5 • Hexa = 6 • Hepta = 7

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