Poetic Terms Flashcards
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When the last words of the line of a poem end with the same letters or sounds similar to each other.
End Rhyme
Repeating the same word or phrase
Repetition
When you have repetition of sounds at the beginning of the word in two or more words in a line.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same or similar vowel inside a line of poetry, not at the end.
Assonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound, made by consonants. Consonant sounds make appearances in the beginning, middle, or end of a word inside a line of poetry. When words with this characteristic appear in quick succession they create consonance.
Consonance
The beat, a pattern that the poem has to make it to sound good. it could be slow, medium or fast (depending on the poem).
Rhythm
When someone refers to the mood they are talking about the atmosphere of the setting, the feeling that the author gives off in the verse.
Tone/mood
Sound in a poem is a sound that is harsh and sharp. The sound is not always pleasant, for example a cacophonic sound is metal grating on metal, or a loud street.
Cacophonic
This is a pleasant and harmonic sound that can be found. For example, a symphony or a song can be seen as euphonic.
Euphonic
Formed when there is a vocal imitation of a sound related when mentioning a thing or action.
Onomatopoei
When a hissing, menacing sound is made within a group of words through repeated “s”, “sh”, “th” “f” “z” and “v” sounds.
Sibilance
The structure/shape of the poem.
Form
A group of lines put together to form a paragraph in a poem.
Verse/Stanza
When poetry is given no strict meter or rhyme scheme it is named as a free verse. The lines of a free verse poetry can be of any length.
Free Verse
The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without the ending punctuation.
Enjambment
A break or interruption in the form of the poem. For example, a sentence that was interrupted by another or cut off, usually for emphasis.
Caesura
Occurs when a figurative language is used to represent objects, action, and ideas to interest our physical senses and create a visual representation for our minds or a mental picture.
Imagery
When we use abstract things to refer to something without saying it. A direct comparison.
For example: she is a shining star.
Metaphor
A comparison that uses the words like or as to compare.
Simile
The literal or primary meaning of a word, instead of a symbolic meaning.
Denotation
The idea that a word or phrase would provoke instead of its actual meaning. Reading between the lines.
Connotation
When you tell something bad in a nicer way. When you try to make something bad sound less dramatic. Often used for death and sex.
Euphemism
Deliberate exaggeration for an effect.
Hyperbole
A named reference the author makes to something else. Like for example to literature, mythology, a famous person, a place, a historical event or a piece of music.
Allusion
