Poetry Vocabulary

3. The attitude of the author towards the subject
4. A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
8. A comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as
10. Poetry that lacks structure; does not have a regular rhyme, rhythm, or stanza pattern
11. When a poet repeats words or lines
12. Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
14. The point at which two lines of text are split; the end of a line
15. A form of writing that often uses imagery, rhyme, or rhythm to create an emotional response
16. The form used to organize lines in units of meaning; always separated by extra white space
18. A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as
19. The lesson or message learned in the poem
20. A group of words in a row

1. When an object or idea represents something else
2. Words that sound like their meaning
5. An extreme exaggeration
6. A common, often-used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally
7. A repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
9. Giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea
13. The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter
17. The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together