Poetry Terms

2. use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes
4. a strong syllable followed by a weak syllable; sounds like DUM-da
7. a short poem that expresses the emotions and thoughts of a 1st-person narrator; musical qualities
9. poetry that is not in a fixed form
10. poetry that is categorized by its patterns of lines, meter, rhymes, and stanzas
11. a group of lines in a poem
13. a poem which is written in prose format; has no fixed lines
14. repetition of words or sequences of words at the beginning of multiple phrases, sentences, or lines
17. a poem that tells a story
19. a fairly short narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form
20. a 14-line poem

1. two or more words that repeat the same end sounds
3. the recurrence of rhythmic stresses or accents in a regular pattern
5. 2-line stanza, which may or may not rhyme
6. the repetition of initial consonant sounds
8. the pattern of end rhymes denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, d...) where each letter represents a new rhyme
12. the repetition, at close intervals, of vowel sounds
15. a reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature used to suggest an emotion or idea
16. rhyme that comes at the end of lines
18. a weak syllable followed by a strong syllable; sounds like da-DUM