a repeated pattern of rhythm
meter
a type of lyric poem that characteristically deals with an important topic; often is written to honor someone (a hero) or something
ode
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
organic structure
sound words like BAM! RING!!
onomatopoeia
to give human attributes to a thing or idea
personification
the meter and rhyme of a poem, as well as other sound devices and imagery, that gives a poem its own character
prosody
a stanza of four lines, rhymed or unrhymed
quatrain
a recurring phrase, stanza, or chorus
refrain
the use of a word, phrase, line, or sound more than once in a poem
repetition
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of poetry
rhythm
words whose final vowels and consonants are the same
rhyme
a regular pattern of end rhyme, often charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to matching end rhymes
rhyme scheme
marking the meter of a poem
scanning
sonnet that has the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg; it has 3 quatrains followed by a couplet
Shakespearean “English” sonnet
a comparison between two images or ideas using like or as
simile
nearly rhyming words that have similar vowels or consonants but not both
slant rhyme
a lyric poem with fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter; usually 3 quatrains and a couplet? or an octet and a sestet
sonnet
the “voice” or narrator of a poem; sometimes it’s fictional rather than just the poet himself
speaker
lines of verse grouped so as to compose a pattern that is usually repeated in the poem
stanza
traditional or organic in form
structure
a word or an image that signifies something other than what it represents
symbol
the feature of a poem that shows the poet’s attitude or thoughts toward a theme, speaker, or person addressed in the poem
tone
consists of four line stanzas with a simple rhyme scheme; narrates a single tragic accident through dialogue
traditional ballad
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
traditional structure
language that implies a direct relationship between two things WITHOUT using like or as
metaphor