Poetry Terms

5. two rhyming lines of poetry- generally the same length and meter, expressing a single idea
6. literature that uses concise, musical, and emotionally charged language. It employs imagery and figurative language. It uses verse and stanzas.
8. the use of words that imitate sounds EX: "How they clang, and clash, and roar!"
12. type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. Ex: My alarm clock betrayed me and didn't go off today.
13. figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
14. narrator of a poem
15. the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants. Ex: weak and weary
16. pattern of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language
17. writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.
18. uses sentences and paragraphs

1. sustains the comparison for several lines of or for an entire poem
2. repetition of sounds at the ends of words Ex: bat, cat, hat
3. repetition of beginning consonant sounds Ex:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
4. regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem, indicated by using different letters for each new rhyme.
5. the repetition of consonant sounds. Ex: Purple and Curtain
7. figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas.
9. rhythmical pattern of a poem, determined by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in each line.
10. a formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit.
11. that appeals to your senses: details of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement
16. the use of a sound, a word, a phrase, a sentence more than once, for musical effect or emphasis Ex: Chorus of a song