Poetry Terms Flashcards
(38 cards)
Alliteration
Repetition of initial sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Cacophony
Discordant Sounds
Cadence
The falling and rising of vocals during recitation
Caesura
Pause in the middle of a line of poetry
Conceit
Elaborate metaphor
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Controlling Image
A literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol AND/OR an image a poet uses to carry forward the sense of the poem. It shapes the nature and form of the work as well.
Couplet
Two lines of meter in poetry
Dirge
lament for the dead/elegy- song
Dissonance
Lack of harmony between words
Dramatic Monologue
A lengthy speech within a drama piece
Elegy
Lament for the dead/similar to dirge-except it’s not in song form
End-stopped line
A pause or completion via punctuation at the end of a line
Enjambment
When the meaning carries over from one line to the next
Epic
A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation
Euphony
Musical sounds to words
Foot
A unit of measure, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables
Free Verse
No rhyme scheme or pattern
Iambic Foot
A unit of measurement in terms of iambs… unstressed, stressed
In medias res
Begins in the middle of the action
Octave
Eight lines usually setting up a tone or problem in an Italian sonnet
Pentameter
Five metered feet
