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Poem |
Words organized in such a way that there is a pattern of rhyme, rhythm and or pattern. |
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Speaker |
The voice used by a poet to speak a poem |
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Ballad |
A long poem that tells a story, usually a folk tale or legend in rhyme |
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Concrete |
Experiments with the very material of the poem itself; words, letters, format |
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Free verse |
Modern poetry that has no regular pattern of rhythm, rhyme, or length |
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Lyric |
Shorter poems of intense feeling and emotion |
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Sonnet |
A 14 line lyric written by iambic pentameter. Follows a rigid rhyme scheme. |
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Alliteration |
Repeated consonance sounds at the begging of a series of words. |
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Onomatopoeia |
words that sound like what they mean -> Bzz |
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Metaphor |
A direct comparison between two dissimilar items |
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Personification |
A comparison between a non-human item and a human so that the non-human item gets human characteristics |
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Similie |
A direct comparison between two dissimilar items using like or as |
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Allusion |
A reference in ones piece of literature of something from another piece. Person/place/event |
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Cliche |
A line or phrase thats been over used |
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Connotation |
The unspoken, unwritten series of associations made with a particular word |
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Denotation |
The dictionary meaning of a word |
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Figurative language |
The imaginative language used in a poem |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration to make a point |
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Image |
A single mental picture |
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Imagery |
series of mental images |
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Literal language |
The literal meaning that a poet uses in a poem |
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Mood |
the emotion of a poem, the atmosphere |
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Oxymoron |
A pair of un similar words paired together |
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Paradox |
A large oxymoron |
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Repetition |
Repeated words, phrases, or sounds |
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Symbol |
Something that represents something else |
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Tone |
The narrators attitude towards the subject of the poem |
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Understatment |
The opposite of hyperbole, understating something |
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Couplet |
2 lines of poetry that rhyme |
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Octave |
8 lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme |
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Quatrain |
4 lines of poem that have a rhyme scheme |
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Sestet |
6 lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme |
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Stanza |
A paragraph written in a poem |
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Blank verse |
Un ryhmed iambic pentameter, sonnets |
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Iambic pentameter |
A line in poetry that is 10 syllables in length. |
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Refrain |
The chorus of a ballad, or repeating set of words |
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Rhyme |
When sounds match at the end of lines of poetry |
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Rhyme scheme |
The pattern of rhyme in a poem |
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Rhythm |
A patter of sound in a poem |