THE WORLD OF POETRY

Poetic Terms to know & understand

POETRY: is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response.

Types of Poetryhttp://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/

We will focus on:Lyric, Sonnets, Free Verse, Name, Couplet and

Rhymes

Pens ready!

ALLITERATION: The repetition of the initial sounds (usually consonants) of stressed syllables in neighboring words

CONSONANCE: The close repetition of the same end consonants of stressed syllables with differing vowel sounds, Ex: such as boat and night, or the words drunk and milk

ASSONANCE: The relatively close juxtaposition of the same or similar vowel sounds, but with different end consonants in a line or passage, thus a vowel rhyme, Ex. As in the words, date and fade.

RHYMING…Depends on the TIMING…

REPETITION: When a word or phrase is used over and over again for a significant purpose; to instill an idea into the memory of the audience

INTERNAL RHYME: Rhyming that occurs inside a line of poetry

END RHYME: Rhyming that occurs at the end of the line

EVEN MORE TERMS

ONOMATOPOEIA: The formation or use of words which imitate sounds (Buzz, bang)

FREE VERSE: A type of poem that has no set pattern or rhyme scheme

METAPHOR: Comparison of 2 unlike things by stating one is the other

STRETCH YOUR FINGERSPERSONIFICATION

Giving non-human objects/things human characteristicsEx: The trees danced in the wind.Ex: Cartoons

SIMILE Comparison of 2 unlike things using like,

than, or asEx:

SYMBOLISMWhen an object, person, idea has meaning

beyond its literal value (represents something else)

MORE AND MORE TERMS

HYPERBOLE: An extreme exaggeration

ALLUSION: reference to a person, place or thing in history or time

IMAGERY: Using words to create an image in the reader’s mind

Getting closer to the finaleTONE

The author’s attitude towards the subject

STANZA: A division of a poem made by arranging the

lines into units separated by a space, usually of a corresponding number of lines and a recurrent pattern of meter and rhyme.

TERMS! TERMS! TERMS!

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGELanguage that is not literal in meaning.

Used often to make comparisons or create mental pictures. There are FIVE literary devices that make up

figurative language:MetaphorSimilePersonificationOnomatopoeiaHyperbole

ALMOST DONE

• SPEAKER/VOICE: The speaker or voice in the poem

AUTHOR: The writer of the poem

AUDIENCE: The intended readers/viewers of the poem

MOOD: The feelings the reader has while/after reading the story

YOU MADE IT THROUGH!

DENOTATION: The dictionary definition of a word

CONNOTATION: The implied meaning of a word (EX-home= love/comfort)

COUPLET: A pair of rhyming lines