Poetry Terms
Alliteration- use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line or verse.
Analogy- an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
Assonance- the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive.
Consonance- the repetition of consonants especially at the end of words.
Ballad- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
Blank Verse- verse without rhyme, which uses iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language- literal and figurative language is a distinct in traditional systems for analyzing language.
Free Verse- poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Haiku- an epigrammatic japanese verse form of 3 short lines.
Imagery- used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory.
Lyric Poem- short poem of a song like quality.
Narrative Poem- poetry that has a plot
Ode- lyric poem with complex stanzas.
Rhyme- correspondence in the sounds of two(2) or more lines.
Rhythm- any measured flow or movement.
Shakespearean Sonnet- sonnet consisting 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab,cdcd,efef.
Petrarchan Sonnet- sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a set with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdccdc.
Analogy- an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
Assonance- the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive.
Consonance- the repetition of consonants especially at the end of words.
Ballad- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
Blank Verse- verse without rhyme, which uses iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language- literal and figurative language is a distinct in traditional systems for analyzing language.
Free Verse- poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Haiku- an epigrammatic japanese verse form of 3 short lines.
Imagery- used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory.
Lyric Poem- short poem of a song like quality.
Narrative Poem- poetry that has a plot
Ode- lyric poem with complex stanzas.
Rhyme- correspondence in the sounds of two(2) or more lines.
Rhythm- any measured flow or movement.
Shakespearean Sonnet- sonnet consisting 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab,cdcd,efef.
Petrarchan Sonnet- sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a set with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdccdc.
