Poetry Terms:
1. Alliteration- the repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words
2. Analogy - a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect. often, analogies are used in nonfiction, when an unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one
3. Assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
4. Consonance - a repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
5. Ballad - a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
6. Blank Verse - unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. That is, each line of blank verse has five pairs of syllables
7. Figurative Language - language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words
8. Free verse - poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter. The lines in free verse often flow more naturally then do rhymed, metrical lines
9. Haiku - combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact from the Japanese culture
10. Imagery - consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader
11. Lyric Poem - a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings
12. Narrative - a poem that tells a story
13. Ode - a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject often revealed in style; also meant to be sung
14. Rhyme - the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the of two or more words
15. Rhythm - the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
16. Shakespearean Sonnet - consists of three quatrains, or four-line units, and a final couplet
17. Petrarchan Sonnet - a sonnet consisting of annoactive with the rhyme pattern "abbaabba" followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern "caecde" or "cdcdcd".
2. Analogy - a point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect. often, analogies are used in nonfiction, when an unfamiliar subject or idea is explained in terms of a familiar one
3. Assonance - the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
4. Consonance - a repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
5. Ballad - a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited
6. Blank Verse - unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. That is, each line of blank verse has five pairs of syllables
7. Figurative Language - language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words
8. Free verse - poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme and meter. The lines in free verse often flow more naturally then do rhymed, metrical lines
9. Haiku - combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact from the Japanese culture
10. Imagery - consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader
11. Lyric Poem - a short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings
12. Narrative - a poem that tells a story
13. Ode - a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject often revealed in style; also meant to be sung
14. Rhyme - the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the of two or more words
15. Rhythm - the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
16. Shakespearean Sonnet - consists of three quatrains, or four-line units, and a final couplet
17. Petrarchan Sonnet - a sonnet consisting of annoactive with the rhyme pattern "abbaabba" followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern "caecde" or "cdcdcd".
