poetry terms 2

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a repeated pattern of rhythm

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meter

Question 2

a type of lyric poem that characteristically deals with an important topic; often is written to honor someone (a hero) or something

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ode

Question 3

poetry that doesn’t have a regular pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme; it may use unconventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar; includes free verse and concrete poetry

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organic structure

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sound words like BAM! RING!!

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onomatopoeia

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to give human attributes to a thing or idea

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personification

Question 6

the meter and rhyme of a poem, as well as other sound devices and imagery, that gives a poem its own character

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prosody

Question 7

a stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed

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quatrain

Question 8

a recurring phrase, stanza, or chorus

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refrain

Question 9

the use of a word, phrase, line, or sound more than once in a poem

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repetition

Question 10

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of poetry

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rhythm

Question 11

words whose final vowels and consonants are the same

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rhyme

Question 12

a regular pattern of end rhyme, often charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to matching end rhymes

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rhyme scheme

Question 13

marking the meter of a poem

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scanning

Question 14

sonnet that has the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg; it has 3 quatrains followed by a couplet

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Shakespearean “English” sonnet

Question 15

a comparison between two images or ideas using like or as

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simile

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nearly rhyming words that have similar vowels or consonants but not both

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slant rhyme

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a lyric poem with fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter; usually 3 quatrains and a couplet? or an octet and a sestet

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sonnet

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the “voice” or narrator of a poem; sometimes it’s fictional rather than just the poet himself

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speaker

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lines of verse grouped so as to compose a pattern that is usually repeated in the poem

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stanza

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traditional or organic in form

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structure

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a word or an image that signifies something other than what it represents

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symbol

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the feature of a poem that shows the poet’s attitude or thoughts toward a theme, speaker, or person addressed in the poem

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tone

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consists of four line stanzas with a simple rhyme scheme; narrates a single tragic accident through dialogue

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traditional ballad

Question 24

poetry that follows fixed rules such as a specific number of lines, has a regular pattern of rhyme and rhythm, and includes the following forms: sonnet, ode, haiku, limerick, ballad, and epic; opposite is organic

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traditional structure

Question 25

language that implies a direct relationship between two things WITHOUT using like or as

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metaphor