Poetry

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repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

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the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables

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assonance

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a song like poem that tells a story often one dealing with adventure and romance; often features refrain

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ballad

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poetry written in un rhymed iambic pentameter lines

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blank verse

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repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds (hat & sit)

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consonance

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a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter

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couplet

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poem in which a character reveals himself or herself by speaking to silent listening, thinking aloud

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dramatic monologue

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poetry that criticizes the techniques of poetry

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dramatic poetry

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occurs when rhyming words come out at the end of lines

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end rhymes

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a writer speaks or write a subject as though it were something else, sustains the comparison for several lines, or entire poem

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extended metaphor

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writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

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figurative language

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poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or line

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free verse

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three line verse form usually about nature; first and third lines have five syllables seconds line has seven syllables

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haiku

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figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else (doesn't use like or as)

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metaphor

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poem written in highly musical language that expresses the thought, observations, and feelings of a single speaker.

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lyric poem

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rhythmical pattern of a poem

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meter

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tells a story

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narrative poem

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the use of words that imitate sounds

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onomatopoeia

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type of figurative language in which a non human subject is given human characteristics

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personification

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one of the three major types of literature, others being prose and drama

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poetry

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stanza or section of a poem made up of four lines, usually with a definite rhythm and rhyme scheme

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quatrain

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repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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rhyme

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occurs when one of the rhyming words appears within a line

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internal rhyme

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involves the repetition of the same final vowel and consonant sounds in words like ball and hall

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exact rhyme

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involves the repetition of words that sound alike but do not rhyme exactly like in words like grove and love

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slant rhyme

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regular pattern of rhyming words in pattern

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rhyme scheme

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the pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language

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rhythm

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figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items

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simile

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fourteen line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

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sonnet

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a repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often share a pattern of rhythm and rhyme

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stanza

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10 syllabls per line 5 stressed - 5 unstressed

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iambic pentameter

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a statement, idea, or a situation that seems contradictory but actually expresses a truth

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paradox