Poetry Terminology Flashcards
(20 cards)
Poetry
A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
Point of View
Poet:
The poet is the author of the poem
Speaker:
The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem
Rhythm
Can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration and refrain. The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.
Free Verse
Does NOT have rhyme.
Conversational and more modern
Rhyme
Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.
LAMP ; STAMP
Share the short “a” vowel sound
Share the combined “mp” consonant sound
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Hector the Collector
Collected bits of string.
Collected dolls with broken heads
And rusty bells that would not ring.
Hyperbole
Involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
Near Rhyme
The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH
ROSE ; LOSE
Different vowel sounds
Share the same consonant sound
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sound they are naming
BUZZ
OR sounds that imitate another sound
“The silken, sad, uncertain, rustling of each purple curtain “
Alliteration
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Consonance
Similar to alliteration except the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
“Norm the worm took the garden by a storm in the morn.
Assonance
Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry.
(Often creates near rhyme.)
Lake Fate Base Fade
(All share the long “a” sound.)
“Slow the low gradual moan came in the snowing.”
“Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep.”
Allusion
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
Simile
A comparison of two things using “like, as, than,” or “resembles.”
Metaphor
A direct comparison of two unlike things.
“All the world’s a stage, and we are merely players.”
Extended Metaphor
A metaphor that goes several lines or possibly the entire length of a work.
Idiom
An expression where the literal meaning of the words is not the meaning of the expression. It means something other than what it says.
“It’s raining cats and dogs.”
Personification
An animal given human-like qualities, or an object given life-like qualities.
Imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
Most images are visual, but they can also appeal to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell.
“Then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather.”
Oxymoron
A figure of speech where opposite ideas are joined to create effect.
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
I am busy doing nothing.”
“A little pain never hurt anyone.”
A short wait
A quiet presence
