Poetic Terms Flashcards
(24 cards)
A repeated word or phrase at the beginning of a successive clause or sentences used for emphasis
Anaphora
Paired opposites
Antithesis
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
Allusion
repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
An idea or feeling that a word invokes beyond its literal meaning; figurative
Connotations
Repetition of consonant sounds in a text.
Consonance
the literal meaning of a word; dictionary definition.
Denotation
Word choice (consider connotations)
Diction
A rhyme that occurs at the end of a line of verse
End Rhyme
Occurs when one line ends without a pause or punctuation and continues onto the next line.
Enjambment
Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a measurable meter.
Free Verse
Rhymed words that occur within a single line of verse.
Internal Rhyme
A figure of speech comparing two things that DOES NOT use “like” or “as”
Metaphor
The measured arrangement of sounds in a poem including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
Meter
A word that sounds like what it means
Onomatopoeia
The pattern of rhymed lines in a poem, usually denoted by lowercase letters
Rhyme Scheme
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
Rhythm
A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as
Simile
A unified group of lines in poetry that is marked by spacing between sections of the poem
Stanza
An object or action that represents more than its literal meaning
Symbol
The central message that the author/poet delivers
Theme
The attitude the poem’s speaker takes towards their subject
Tone
A single line of poetry
Verse
