Poetry Notes Flashcards
(17 cards)
Word choice – is it simple or complex
Vocabulary
Made up of two parts (Word choice and word order)
Diction
Word order– ordinary or unusual
Syntax
Order in which words appear in a poem (changes meaning: A solo guitar vs a guitar solo or adds effect a dying man vs a man, dying)
Syntax
One rhythmic unit
Foot
A rhythmic unit that contains a short or unstressed syllable followed by a stressed or long syllable
Iamb
Line of poetry that contains five iambs (ten syllables total)
Iambic pentameter
Two words that sound alike and are used to unify a poem
Rhyme
Appears at the end of a line
End rhyme
Appears within a line
Internal rhyme
Bear and care are……
True rhymes
Lying and mine are…
Slant rhymes
Overall emotion created by a literary work
Mood
Fanciful, frightening, frustrating, gloomy, happy, joyful, melancholy, mysterious, romantic, sentimental, sorrowful, suspenseful
Mood words (they moods)
Attitude (hold a weave) a writer takes toward a subject
Tone
Amused, angry, cheerful, horror, clear, formal, gloomy, humorous, informal, light, matter-of-fact, resigned, optimistic, pessimistic, playful, pompous, sad, serious, suspicious, witty
Tone words (they attitudes)
Rhythm established by a poem by number of syllables and the way they are accented
Meter
