Poetry Vocabulary
Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Analogy: A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: The repetition, at close intervals, of final consonants of accented syllables or important words.
Ballad: A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme & meter.
Haiku: A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 line of 5, 7 , and 5 syllables, and employing a evocative allusions and comparisons often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery: Consists of descriptive words & phrases that re-create sensory experience.
Lyric Poem: A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts & feelings
Narrative Poem: Tells a story. Much like a short story or novel.
Ode: A lyric poem, typically addressed to a particular subject, with lines varying in lengths and complex rhymes.
Rhyme: The occurrence of a similar of identical sounds at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed & unstressed syllables.
Shakespearean Sonnet: A sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having a rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Petrarchan Sonnet: a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octavewith the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one ofseveral rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd.
Analogy: A point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.
Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words.
Consonance: The repetition, at close intervals, of final consonants of accented syllables or important words.
Ballad: A poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recited.
Blank Verse: Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.
Figurative Language: Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
Free Verse: Poetry that does not contain a regular pattern of rhyme & meter.
Haiku: A major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 line of 5, 7 , and 5 syllables, and employing a evocative allusions and comparisons often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
Imagery: Consists of descriptive words & phrases that re-create sensory experience.
Lyric Poem: A short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts & feelings
Narrative Poem: Tells a story. Much like a short story or novel.
Ode: A lyric poem, typically addressed to a particular subject, with lines varying in lengths and complex rhymes.
Rhyme: The occurrence of a similar of identical sounds at the ends of two or more words.
Rhythm: Refers to the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed & unstressed syllables.
Shakespearean Sonnet: A sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having a rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Petrarchan Sonnet: a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octavewith the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one ofseveral rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd.
