Poetry Terms
Alliteration: the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
Analogy: a similarity or comparability between like features of two things on which a comparison may be based
Assonance: rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables or rhyming words
Consonance: a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose
Ballad: any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody
Blank Verse: unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse
Figurative Language: speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect of meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
Free Verse: verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
Haiku:a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons
Imagery: the formation of mental images, figures or likeness of things
Lyric Poem: a short poem of song-like quality
Narrative Poem: a poem that tells a story and has a plot
Ode: a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion
Rhyme: identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse
Rhythm: movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like
Shakespearean Sonnet: a sonnet form developed in 16th century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
Petrarchan Sonnet: a sonnet from popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme a b b a a b b a and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as c d e c d e or c d c d c d
Analogy: a similarity or comparability between like features of two things on which a comparison may be based
Assonance: rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables or rhyming words
Consonance: a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of repose
Ballad: any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody
Blank Verse: unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse
Figurative Language: speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect of meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
Free Verse: verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
Haiku:a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons
Imagery: the formation of mental images, figures or likeness of things
Lyric Poem: a short poem of song-like quality
Narrative Poem: a poem that tells a story and has a plot
Ode: a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion
Rhyme: identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse
Rhythm: movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like
Shakespearean Sonnet: a sonnet form developed in 16th century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
Petrarchan Sonnet: a sonnet from popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme a b b a a b b a and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as c d e c d e or c d c d c d