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Poem

Words organized in such a way that there is a pattern of rhyme, rhythm and or pattern.

Speaker

The voice used by a poet to speak a poem

Ballad

A long poem that tells a story, usually a folk tale or legend in rhyme

Concrete

Experiments with the very material of the poem itself; words, letters, format

Free verse

Modern poetry that has no regular pattern of rhythm, rhyme, or length

Lyric

Shorter poems of intense feeling and emotion

Sonnet



A 14 line lyric written by iambic pentameter. Follows a rigid rhyme scheme.

Alliteration

Repeated consonance sounds at the begging of a series of words.

Onomatopoeia

words that sound like what they mean -> Bzz

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two dissimilar items



Personification

A comparison between a non-human item and a human so that the non-human item gets human characteristics

Similie

A direct comparison between two dissimilar items using like or as

Allusion

A reference in ones piece of literature of something from another piece. Person/place/event

Cliche

A line or phrase thats been over used

Connotation

The unspoken, unwritten series of associations made with a particular word

Denotation

The dictionary meaning of a word

Figurative language

The imaginative language used in a poem

Hyperbole

An exaggeration to make a point

Image

A single mental picture

Imagery

series of mental images

Literal language

The literal meaning that a poet uses in a poem

Mood

the emotion of a poem, the atmosphere

Oxymoron

A pair of un similar words paired together



Paradox

A large oxymoron

Repetition

Repeated words, phrases, or sounds



Symbol

Something that represents something else



Tone

The narrators attitude towards the subject of the poem

Understatment

The opposite of hyperbole, understating something

Couplet

2 lines of poetry that rhyme

Octave

8 lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme

Quatrain

4 lines of poem that have a rhyme scheme

Sestet

6 lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme

Stanza

A paragraph written in a poem

Blank verse

Un ryhmed iambic pentameter, sonnets

Iambic pentameter

A line in poetry that is 10 syllables in length.

Refrain

The chorus of a ballad, or repeating set of words

Rhyme

When sounds match at the end of lines of poetry

Rhyme scheme

The pattern of rhyme in a poem

Rhythm

A patter of sound in a poem