Poetry Vocabulary Terms

4. – A direct comparison stating that one thing is another thing.
7. – A poem where the first letter of lines spells words.
10. – Using extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point or evoke emotion.
11. – A word that phonetically mimics the sound that it describes.
12. – A comparison of two different things using like or as.
13. – A light, humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.
15. – Using concrete objects to represent abstract ideas or deeper meanings.
17. – The repetition of identical consonant sounds at the start of words.
18. – A pair of successive rhyming lines with the same meter.
19. – A single row of words forming a basic poetic unit.

1. – Language that creates vivid mental pictures by appealing to senses.
2. – The intentional use of words or phrases multiple times over.
3. – A measuring unit in poetry consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables.
5. – The rhythmic pattern of a poetic line based on syllables.
6. – Writing arranged with metrical rhythm, typically having a rhyming scheme.
8. rhyme – Two words that sound very similar but are not identical.
9. – Giving human qualities or characteristics to inanimate objects or ideas.
10. – A Japanese form containing three lines of five-seven-five syllable counts.
14. – A foot containing one short syllable followed by one long.
16. – A group of lines forming the basic unit of poems.