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Poetry Terms. poetry. writing in which language, imagery, and sound combine to create a special emotional effect. Narrative Poetry. has a plot, characters, setting, and tells a story. Dramatic Poetry. poetry in which one or more characters speak. a short, musical narrative
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Poetry Terms
poetry writing in which language, imagery, and sound combine to create a special emotional effect
Narrative Poetry has a plot, characters, setting, and tells a story
Dramatic Poetry poetry in which one or more characters speak
a short, musical narrative poem BALLAD
Concrete Poetry a poem whose words form the shape of the subject matter
Iama veryspecialshape I havethree points andthree lines straight.Look through my wordsand you will see, the shapethat I am meant to be. I'm justnot words caught in a tangle. Lookclose to see a small triangle. My anglesadd to one hundred and eighty degrees, youlearn this at school with your abc's. Practice your maths and you will see, some other fine examples of me. Triangle
Lyric Poetry a poem that expresses the personal feelings or thought of a speaker
Limerick • five line poem • first, second, and fifth lines • rhyme and have three beats • third and fourth lines rhyme • and have two beats • Usually silly and humorous
Sonnet a fourteen line poem, usually rhymed
Cinquain a short poem consisting of five, usually unrhymed lines Two syllables - first line Four syllables - second line Six syllables - third line Eight syllables - fourth line Two syllables - fifth line
Haiku • three line poem about nature • seventeen syllables total • first line – five syllables • second line – seven syllables • third line – five syllables
long, formal lyric poem with a serious theme Ode
Stanza couplet – two lines quatrain – four lines sestet – six lines octave – eight lines
Rhyme when words are used in poetry with a repetition of sounds
End rhyme when two or more words at the end of a line of poetry rhyme
Approximate rhyme rhyme in which the final sounds are similar, but not identical example: stone - one
Internal rhyme rhyme that occurs within the same line Example: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary
Rhyme scheme a regular pattern of rhyming words at the end of a line of poetry. Letters are used to identify each new rhyme. (ex. abab, aabb)
Free verse poetry that has no rhyme scheme or regular rhythm and depends on natural speech rhythms
Rhythm pattern of beats in written language
a sound, word, phrase, or sentence that is said several times REPETITION
Refrain a word, phrase, line, or group of lines repeated regularly – usually at the end of a stanza
Speaker the voice of a poem or the role of the poet in the poem
Dramatic monologue A poem in which one character speaks to one or more listeners
Dramatic dialogue A poem which contains characters talking to each other
Simile comparing two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor an implied comparison between two unlike things
Extended metaphor a comparison that is developed over several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem
Alliteration repeating of similar consonant sounds close together in a group of words Example: Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter
Assonance repeating of similar vowel sounds without repetition of similar consonant sounds examples: stony – holy lake - fate
Consonance repeating of the same or similar final consonant sounds ping pong tick tock
Onomatopoeia words that imitate sounds meow chirp smash buzz
Hyperbole a deliberate use of exaggeration. The goal – laughter, to make a point, or persuasion His feet are as big as a barge!
Blank verse unrhymed poetry written with an alternating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. The rhythm created by this pattern resembles the natural rhythm of spoken English. (Used by William Shakespeare)
