Poetry vocabulary Flashcards
(26 cards)
What is a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought?
Stanza
What is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of a word?
Rhyme
What means the pattern of the end rhyme in the poem?
Rhyme scheme
What is a sound element of poetry it is pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?
Rhythm
What is a repeated pattern of stress and unstressed syllables?
Meter
What is a pair of rhythm lines in a poem?
Couplet
What is a four line poem or stanza, usually united by meter and rhyme?
Quatrain
What means the deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect?
Figurative language
What is a comparison of two things that have a quality in common?
Simile
What is comparison of two things that have a quality in common?
Metaphor
What is a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or over the course of an entire poem?
Extended metaphor
What means the use of a person, place, or object to stand for something other than itself?
Symbolism
What means the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
What means the repetition of a consonant sound in several words of a line or stanza?
Consonance
What means the repetition of a vowel sound in several words of a line or stanza?
Assonance
A five-line poem that is often humorous?
Limerick
What is a 14-line rhyme inch poem written in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
What is a meter in which each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?
Iambic pentameter
What is an unrhymed iambic pentameter?
Blank verse
What means poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme?
Free verse
What means poetry that tells stories?
Narrative poetry
What is long narrative poem that tells of an adventure of a hero of historic or legendary importance?
Epic
What is a narrative poem that usually tells a story with tragic over tones and a dramatic conclusion?
Ballad
What means poetry that focuses on the emotions or thoughts of a single speaker?
Lyric poetry
