Poetry Terminology

4. verse written with a precise meter but does not rhyme
7. a poem that concerns the natural world, rural life, and landscapes
10. a figure of speech that compares two basically different things
12. category of poetry that concerns feelings and emotion
14. he continuation of a poetic phrase beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
15. a poem that describes a word that emulates the sound it is describing
17. repetition of the same sounds in words that appear near each other in a poem
20. creating a picture with words appealing to any of the five senses
21. a reference to a character, place or situation from another literary work
22. tells a story

1. dramatic exaggeration
2. the pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry used to create musical effects
3. a repeated word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines
5. a poetic phrase addressed to a subject who is either dead or absent
6. the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words
8. four-line grouping
9. a poem that reflects upon death or loss
11. a pause occurring in the middle of a line
13. pair of rhyming lines
14. a lengthy, narrative work of poetry
16. a tribute to its subject
18. a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to make a comparison of two seemly yet like things
19. narrative verse that can be either poetic or musical