Poetry Final

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rhyme

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correspondenceof sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are usedat the ends of lines of poetry

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internal rhyme

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Rhymethat occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases acrossmultiple lines.

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rhyme scheme

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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of apoem or verse.

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slant rhyme

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Rhymein which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical.

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rhythm

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Movementor procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or thelike.

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iambic pentameter

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- a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed linewith five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and anaccented syllable.

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repetition

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Repetitionis a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to makean idea clearer.

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anaphora

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the use of a word referring to or replacing a word usedearlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition.

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onomatopoeia

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theformation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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assonance

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Inpoetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhymingstressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.

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consonance

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agreementor compatibility between opinions or actions.

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alliteration

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Theoccurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closelyconnected words.

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lines

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Linesresembling contours, but representing no actual elevations, which have beensketched from visual observation or from inadequate or unreliable map sources,to show collectively the configuration of the terrain.

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stanzas

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agrouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by ablank line or indentation.

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couplets

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twolines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit

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tercets

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anythree lines of poetry, whether as a stanza or as a poem, rhymed or unrhymed,metered or unmetered. Ex- Haiku

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quatrains

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astanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

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sestets

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thename given to the second division of an Italian sonnet

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octaves

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apoem or stanza of eight lines; an octet.

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enjambment

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the continuation of a sentence without a pausebeyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

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end stop

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isa poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a syntactic unit

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haiku

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atraditional form of Japanese poetry. Lines are 5 7 5.

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tanka

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Agenre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japaneseliterature.

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villanelle

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anineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain.

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free verse

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poetrythat does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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verse

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writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, typically having arhyme.

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metaphor

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afigure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelatedthing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.

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simile

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afigure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.

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personification

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whenyou give human qualities to an object or animal. It is a literary tool thatadds interest or understanding to a poem or story

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hyperbole

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exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be takenliterally.

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understatement

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thepresentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than itactually is.

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idiom

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aphrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal,meaning.

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symbolism

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theuse of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

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allusion

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anexpression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;an indirect or passing reference.