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| 7320437123 | Accent | The emphasis or stress placed on a syllable in poetry. Traditional poetry commonly uses patterns of accented and unaccented syllables that create distinct rhythms. | 0 | |
| 7320437124 | Alliteration | The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words or syllables Ex: Rocking a word in a mouth yet undefiled; The tender Racquet Rudely plays the sound Which, Weakly Bandied, cannot Back Rebound |  | 1 |
| 7320439272 | Anagram | Where a writer jumbles up parts of of a word to form a new word Ex: I am Lord Voldemort= Tom Marvolo Riddle |  | 2 |
| 7320439273 | Apostrophe | A direct address to an abstraction (such as Time), a thing (the Wind), and animal, or an imaginary or absent person Ex: Leave me, O Love which reaches but to dust; And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things. |  | 3 |
| 7320441393 | Assonance | The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words Ex: The church sO lOne, the log-built one, That echOed to many a parting grOan And natural prayer Of dying fOemen mingled there |  | 4 |
| 7320444873 | Literary Ballad | A poem intentionally imitative of of the ballad's style and structure, recounts a dramatic story | 5 | |
| 7320444874 | Ballad Stanza | Four line stanza in iambic pentameter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet Ex: A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years | 6 | |
| 7320446474 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter, it is the most commonly used form in English because it is a verse that comes closest to the natural patterns of speaking in English Ex: This is my son, mine own Telemachus, To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle- Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil... | 7 | |
| 7320446475 | Caesura | A pause within a line of poetry, sometimes punctuated, sometimes not, often mirroring natural speech Ex: O could I lose all father now! for why Will man lament the state he should envy | 8 | |
| 7320448795 | Connotation | Meanings or associations readers have with a word or item beyond its dictionary definition, or denotation. May reveal another layer of meaning of a piece, affect the tone, or suggest symbolic resonance Ex: Will man lament the state he should envy, To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age! ^Lament has formal and religious connotations | 9 | |
| 7320448796 | Consonance | An instance in which identical formal consonant sounds in nearby words follow different vowel sounds Ex: blaDe blooD flaSH fleSH |  | 10 |
| 7320450747 | Couplet | A two line, rhyming stanza Ex: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she, belied with false compare | 11 | |
| 7320450748 | Denotation | The literal definition of a word, often referred to as the "dictionary definition." |  | 12 |
| 7320452413 | Didactic | A novel, play, or poem that is ___________ aims to teach the reader something. Often containing morals to impart or are written to teach something about religion, philosophy, history, or politics Ex: Aesop's Fables | 13 | |
| 7320452414 | Doggerel | Term for bad poetry; usually characterized by irregular verse, forced rhyme and overly sentimental tones. Can also be used for comical effect Ex: It is our poetic verse That releases the restraints Opening our minds eye To flowing sincere thought | 14 | |
| 7320456505 | Dramatic Monologue | A type of poem in which the speaker, who is clearly distinct from the poet, addresses an audience that is present in the poem Ex: "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning |  | 15 |
| 7320456506 | Elegy | A contemplative poem, on death and morality, often written for someone who has died Ex: "Elegy of the Narrative Guards" by Natasha Trethewey | 16 | |
| 7320458695 | End-Stopped Line | Concludes with punctuation that marks a pause. The line is completely meaningful. In itself, unlike run-on lines, which require the reader to move to the next line to grasp the poet's complete thought Ex: Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. | 17 | |
| 7320458696 | Enjambment | A poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning; also known as run-on line Ex: Once more the storm is howling, and hid under this cradle-hood and coverlids My child sleeps on. There is no obstacle But Gregory's wood and one bare hill Whereby the haystack- and roof-leveling wind, Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed. | 18 | |
| 7320458697 | Epigram | A short, witty statement designed to surprise an audience or a reader. Ex: "To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness." | 19 | |
| 7320461469 | Fixed Form | A form of poetry for which there are prescribed and established rules with regard to the number of lines, the meter, line length, rhyme and so forth. | 20 | |
| 7320461470 | Foot | A combination of stressed and unstressed syllables |  | 21 |
| 7320463390 | Found Poem | Poetry created by taking words, phrases, and sometimes whole passages from other sources and reframing them as poetry (the literary equivalent of a collage) by making changes in spacing and lines, or by adding or deleting text, thus imparting new meaning | 22 | |
| 7320465496 | Free Verse | A form of poetry that does not have a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme Ex: And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor And this, and so much more?- It is impossible to say just what I mean! | 23 | |
| 7320465497 | Limerick | Comic verse, containing 5 anapestic (unstressed/unstressed/stressed) lines in which the first, second and fifth lines are longer, rhyme together, and follow three metrical feet, while the third and fourth lines rhyme together, are shorter, and follow two metrical feet. Ex:There was a young lady of station "I love man" was her sole exclamation But when men cried, "You flatter" She replied, "Oh! no matter Isle of Man is the true explanation. | 24 | |
| 7320465498 | Line | Unit of language into which a poem or play is divided, which operates on principles which are distinct from and not necessarily coincident with grammatical structures, such as sentence or single clauses in sentences. | 25 | |
| 7320467479 | Lyric | A short poem expressing the personal feelings of a first-person speaker. The term comes from the Greek word lyre, and the form is descended from poems intended to be sung with a lyre Ex: Those WInter Sundays by Robert Hayden | 26 | |
| 7320467480 | Metaphor | A figure of speech that compares or equates two things without using like or as. Ex: "the curtain of night" "all the world is a stage" | 27 | |
| 7320467481 | Meter | The formal, regular organization of stressed and unstressed syllables, measured in feet. A foot is distinguished by the number of syllables it contains and how stress is placed on the syllables- stressed or unstressed. Five typical feet in english verse: iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl, and spondee. Some dictate the number of feet per line, the most common being tetrameter, pentameter, and hexameter, having four, five, or six feet. | 28 | |
| 7320469494 | Narrative Poem | A poem that tells a story Ex: The Battle of Blenheim by Robert Southey | 29 | |
| 7320469495 | Octave | Verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter. Abba abba is most common rhyme scheme. First part of a Petrarchan sonnet, which ends with a contrasting sestet | 30 | |
| 7320469496 | Ode | A form of poetry used to meditate on or address a single object or condition. It originally followed strict rules of rhythm, meter, and rhyme, which by the Romantic period had become more flexible Ex: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats | 31 | |
| 7320471307 | Open Form | A poem that does not follow patterns of lines, meter, rhymes, and stanzas | 32 | |
| 7320473234 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an animal or an inanimate object is imbued with human qualities. Ex: And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying |  | 33 |
| 7320473235 | Picture Poem | Images created out of words and punctuation marks-drawings made of words. They can be simple or complex |  | 34 |
| 7320476242 | Prose Poem | A blending of prose and poetry, usually resembling prose in its use of sentences without line breaks, and poetry in its use of quintessentially poetic devices such as figurative language. Makes traditional genre distinctions problematic Ex: "Hopper's 'Nighthawks' (1942)" by Ira Sadoff | 35 | |
| 7320476243 | Prosody | The study of meter, intonation and rhythm of a poetic work. It's a phonetic term that uses meter, rhythm, tempo, pitch, and loudness in a speech for conveying info about the meanings and structure of an utterance | 36 | |
| 7320476244 | Rhyme | The repetition of the same vowel or consonant sounds or constructions. A rhyme at the end of two or more lines of poetry is called an end rhyme. A rhyme that occurs within a line is called an internal rhyme. A rhyme that pairs sounds that are similar but not exactly the same is called a near rhyme or slant rhyme. A rhyme that only works because the words look the same is called an eye rhyme or a sight rhyme. Often follows a pattern, called a rhyme scheme. |  | 37 |
| 7320478767 | Rhythm | The general pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | 38 | |
| 7320481454 | Scansion | Refers to process of analyzing a poem's meter, dividing poetry into feet by pointing out different syllables based on their lengths Ex: HOPE is the THING with FEAthers that PERches in the SOUL, and SINGS the TUNE withOUT the WORDS, and NEver STOPS at ALL Capitalization=stressed syllables | 39 | |
| 7320481455 | Sestina | Consists of six stanzas with six lines in each, followed by a three line stanza at the end Ex: A Miracle for Breakfast by Elizabeth Bishop | 40 | |
| 7320481456 | Simile | A figure of speech used to explain or clarify an idea by comparing it explicitly to something else, using words like, as, or as though, to do so. Ex: the eyes chilly and somber like the ocean in March |  | 41 |
| 7320483035 | Stress | The emphasis that falls on certain syllables and not others. It is the foundation of poetic rhythm | 42 | |
| 7320484557 | Terza Rima | Italian form of poetry. COnsists of stanzas of three lines (or tercets) usually in iambic pentameter. Follows an. Interlocking rhyme scheme, or chain rhymes | 43 | |
| 7320484558 | Theme | Underlying issues or ideas of a work |  | 44 |
| 7320485952 | Tercet | A three line stanza. Ex: Siren Song by Margaret Atwood | 45 | |
| 7320485953 | Verse | A broad term, refers to a piece of writing that is metered and rhythmic. (Not including free verse) It can also refer to be used to refer to poetry in general | 46 | |
| 7320492385 | Villanelle | A form of poetry in which five tercets (rhyme scheme aba) are followed by a quatrain (rhyme scheme abaa). At the end of tercets two and four, the first line of tercet one is repeated. At the end of tercets three and five, the last line of tercet one is repeated. These two repeated lines, called refrain lines, are again repeated to conclude the quatrain. Much of the power of this form lies n its repeated lines and their subtly shifting sense or meaning over the course of the poem Ex: "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas | 47 |
