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POETRY TERMS
PLEASE TAKE NOTES AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG.
ACROSTIC
VISUAL POEM THAT SHOWS A WORD GOING VERTICALLY DOWN, THE PHRASES OR SENTENCES COMING OUT OF THE LETTER ARE HORIZONTAL
ALLITERATIONREPETITION OF THE SAME SOUNDS WITHIN WORDS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER
ASSONANCEREPETITION OF VOWEL SOUNDS WITHIN WORDS
BALLADA SONG LIKE POEM THAT TELLS A STORY, OFTEN ONE DEALING WITH ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE
CINQUAINPOEM WITH 5 LINES
CONCRETEA POEM WHOSE SHAPE RESEMBLES THE OBJECT IT DESCRIBES
COUPLETA POEM WITH 2 RHYMING LINES
DIAMONTEA POEM THAT TAKES A “DIAMOND” SHAPE, USES A PARTICULAR LENGTH OF WORDS
ELEGYA SOLEMN AND FORMAL LYRIC POEM ABOUT DEATH
END RHYMEWORDS THAT RHYME AT THE END OF A LINE OF POETRY
EPICA LONG NARRATIVE POEM
EPITHETA PHRASE THAT POINTS OUT A NOTABLE CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON OR OBJECT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
WORDS OR PHRASES USED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO SUGGEST MORE THAN THEIR USUAL MEANING
FREE VERSEPOETRY THAT IS “FREE” OF TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE
HAIKU3 LINE JAPANESE POEM WITH 17 SYLLABLES, WRITTEN MOSTLY ABOUT NATURE
HEPTASTICH7 LINED POEM
HYPERBOLEFIGURE OF SPEECH THAT EXAGGERATES THE TRUTH TO EMPHASIZE AN IDEA OR FEELING
IMAGERYWORDS OR PHRASES THAT APPEAL TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES
LIMERICKA SHORT HUMOROUS POEM FROM IRELAND WITH 5 LINES RHYMED (AABBA)
LYRICA POEM THAT HAS A SINGLE SPEAKER AND EXPRESSES A DEEP EMOTION, OFTEN HAVING A MUSICAL QUALITY
METAPHORA FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH ONE THING IS SPOKEN ABOUT AS IF IT WERE ANOTHER, UNLIKE THING
MOODFEELINGS OR MEANING CONVEYED IN THE POEM
NARRATIVE POEMTELLS A STORY
OCTET8 LINED POEM
ODEA SINGLE UNIFIED VERSE THAT HAS A SINGLE PURPOSE AND A SINGLE THEME
ONOMATOPOEIATHE USE OF WORDS WHOSE SOUNDS IMITATE OR SUGGEST THEIR MEANING (CRASH, BUZZ, HISS)
PERSONIFICATIONA FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH AN ANIMAL OR AN OBJECT IS GIVEN HUMAN QUALITIES
QUATRAIN4 LINED POEM
REFRAINONE OR MORE LINES THAT ARE REPEATED IN A POEM OR SONG
REPETITIONTHE USE OF A SOUND, WORD, PHRASE, LINE OR STANZA THAT IS REPEATED TWO OR MORE TIMES IN A POEM
RHYME SCHEMETHE PATTERN OF END RHYME IN A POEM
RHYTHMTHE PATTERN OF STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES IN A POEM
SENSORY LANGUAGEDESCRIBES SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTES, AND TOUCH
SESTET6 LINED POEM
SIMILECOMPARES TWO UNLIKE THINGS, USING THE WORDS (LIKE, AS, APPEAR, SEEM)
SONNET14 LINE POEM WITH A FIXED PATTERN OF RHYTHM AND FOLLOWS A RHYME SCHEME
SPEAKERCHARACTER OR VOICE ASSUMED BY THE WRITER
STANZAA GROUP OF LINES IN A POEM
SYMBOLA PERSON, PLACE, OR THING THAT STANDS FOR SOMETHING ELSE
TERCET3 LINED POEM
THEMEMESSAGE THAT THE AUTHOR CONVEYS IN A POEM
TONEWRITER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT AND/OR AUDIENCE