Poetry Terms Flashcards
(23 cards)
Closed form
Regularity in rhyme, metre, and line length
Open form
No regularity in rhyme or meter, generally called free verse
Narrator
The speaker and implied author of work from whose perspective we perceive
Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines
Refrain
A phrase or line(S) that is repeated
Stanza
The divisions or units of a poem
Meter
recurring accents in line, sometimes called rhythm
Ambiguity
If something does not have a clear meaning or it has several into interpretations its is ambiguous
Assonance
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in words
Consonance
The repetition of similar consonant sounds in nearby words
Alliteration
The repetition of sounds that start with words nearby
Sibilance
The production of a hissing S sound
Cacophony
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds to create disunity
euphony
Harmonious sounds that are pleasing to the ear
Enjambement
When a line runs onto the next
Repetition
The repeating of particular words or phrases
Onomatopoeia
Words that sounds like what they describe
Oxymoron
I figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side-by-side
Literal and figurative language
Literal language is exactly what the words say, figurative language the words have another meaning
Irony
Something contradictory or opposite to what is expected, often causing wry amusement
Personification
Endowing inanimate it objects, ideas or animals with human characteristics
Simile
A figure of speech that explicitly compares two things indicated by words such as like and then and as
Metaphor
A figure of speech that compares two things without explicitly indicating
