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Poetry Terms. Mrs. Bolger 2014. A. Types of poems. 1. Free verse. Poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern. 2. Persona poem. Poet becomes someone/something else. 3. Apostrophe poem. Speaker of poem addresses something not living. 4. narrative/ballad poem.
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Poetry Terms Mrs. Bolger 2014
1. Free verse • Poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern
2. Persona poem • Poet becomes someone/something else
3. Apostrophe poem • Speaker of poem addresses something not living
4. narrative/ballad poem • Poem tells a story
5. Imagist poem • A snapshot of a moment in time
6. Lyric poem • Poem expresses strong emotions
7. Dramatic poem • Characters talk
8. Concrete poem • A poem that takes the shape of the subject
9. ode • Poetic form in which one describes how/why someone/something is to be revered (loved)
10. Clerihew • Poetic form of 4 lines with an AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous
11. limerick • Poetic form of 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme that is often humorous
12. Haiku • Japanese style poem of 3 lines and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature
13. line • A horizontal group of words in a poem, like a sentence
14. stanza • A vertical group of lines of a poem, like a paragraph
15. Line break • Where a line ends
16. speaker • The person/thing in a poem who is expressing an idea
17. mood • The feeling associated with a poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.
18. Poetic license • Creating new words, sometimes by combining existing words
19. inversion • Changing the usual order of words
20. imagery • Creating a picture with words through sensory details
21. connotation • Emotional associations of words
22. denotation • The literal meaning of words (dictionary definition)
23. simile • Comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
24. Metaphor • Comparing 2 unlike things without like or as
25. personification • Something nonhuman is given human qualities
26. onomatopoeia • Words that make the sound of their action/definition
27. alliteration • Repeating initial consonant sound
28. refrain • Repeating line/phrase at same place in each stanza
29. Rhyme/rhyme scheme • Repeating the same sound in 2+ words (boy/toy); a set pattern of rhyme throughout a poem
30. rhythm • A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
31. Repetition • Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis