Poetry Terms

1. Poetry Terms

2. Alliteration Repetition of a consonant • Example • Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

3. Assonance Repetition of a vowel sound Example Peter, Peter pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn’t keep her.

4. Ballads A songlike poem that tells a story, usually adventure or romance

5. Concrete Poetry A poem that has the shape of the poem’s subject

6. Dramatic Poetry Poetry that involves the techniques of drama

7. End rhyme Rhyme at the end of a line

8. Free Verse Poetry not written in regular rhythmic pattern

9. Haiku 3 line Japanese verse form • Line 1 & 3 are five syllables • Line 2 is seven syllables

10. Imagery Descriptive language to recreate sensory experiences *it is writing that appeals to your senses to help you visualize the subject – imagine it

11. Internal rhyme Rhyme within a line of poetry

12. Jargon Slang or confusing language

13. Lyric poetry Highly musical poem that expresses feeling

14. Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things Example: “Juliet is the sun”

15. Meter Rhythmic pattern in a poem

16. Musical Devices Poetic devices that have musical qualities

17. Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a story

18. Onomatopoeia Use of words that imitate the sound it makes Example: Buzz, Woof, Pow, Wee

19. Personification Giving an object humanlike qualities Example: Beauty and the Beast – Mrs. Potts

20. Poetry Literature that uses highly concise, musical, emotional language

21. Prose Ordinary form of written language NOT poetry, drama, or song

22. Refrain Repeated line/group of lines in a poem or song

23. Repetition Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once

24. Repetition Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once

25. Rhyme Repetition of sound at the end of words

26. Rhyme Scheme Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem Remember the Shakespearean Sonnet: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

27. Rhythm Pattern of beats (stresses) in poetry

28. Simile Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

29. Symbols Something that stands for something else