2: Poetry Flashcards
(41 cards)
how a poem is typed on a page (lines, stanzas, indentation, etc.)
typographical level
musicality of the language of a poem when read aloud (rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, assonance, consonance, caesura, etc.)
sound level
a series of words each beginning with the same letter or sound
alliteration
a series of words that have the same vowel sounds
assonance
a series of words that have the same consonant sounds
consonance
visualization that a poet builds through specific nouns and action verbs, descriptions of five senses, figures of speech, etc.
imagery level
theme of a poem / central idea that the poem intends to convey, that shouldn’t be directly stated
idea level
point of view in which the speaker is the main character themselves (I, me, my, we, us, our)
first person
point of view in which the speaker is directly talking to readers (you, your)
second person
point of view in which the speaker and reader are both observers (he, she, it, him, her, his, hers, its, they, them, theirs)
third person
the poet’s attitude or position toward the subject (positive, neutral, negative)
tone
word choice by poet - may include slang or dialect
diction
the order or pattern in which the poet places the words in lines
syntax
the intended readers the poet imagines when writing the poems and who they hope will read the poems
audience
language that states exactly what something is
literal language
language that creates meaning by comparing one thing to another thing (figures of speech)
figurative language
figure of speech that compares one thing to another using the words “like” or “as” (“her eyes are like the sun”)
simile
figure of speech that compares one thing to another by saying one thing is another (“hope is a bird”)
metaphor
figure of speech that involves giving a non-human or inanimate object the qualities of a person (“the wind whispers”)
personification
figure of speech that involves exaggerating the truth to create an effect (“this job is killing me”)
hyperbole
figure of speech that involves deliberately downplaying the significance or seriousness of a situation (“tis but a flesh wound”)
understatement
repetition of the same vowel sounds in words near each other
assonance
repetition of the same consonant sounds in words near each other
consonance
repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words near each other
alliteration
