Poetry Terms

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Common Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

Last updated almost 8 years ago

23 questions

Note from the author:

Common Poetry Terms

alliteration     ballad     cinquain     elegy     free verse     haiku     hyperbole     imagery     limerick
metaphor     meter     onomatopoeia     paradox     prose     refrain     rhythm     simile     sonnet
stanza     tone

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject or character

a 14 line lyric poem that may have one of several rhyme schemes

a funny poem with 5 lines and a strong beat

repetition of initial consonant sounds

a classic form of peotry that has 5 lines

comparison between two unlike things without using connective words

Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject or character

a 14 line lyric poem that may have one of several rhyme schemes

a funny poem with 5 lines and a strong beat

repetition of initial consonant sounds

a classic form of peotry that has 5 lines

comparison between two unlike things without using connective words

a song or song-like poem that tells a story

poetry with no regular meter or rhyme scheme

overstatement or exaggeration of actions, emotions, or other qualities

the alteration of stressed and unstressed syllales, the beat

repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poems

a contradictory idea that may actually be true

a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

the ordinary form of spoken or written language

a comparison betwen two unlike things that use a connective word such as : like, as , than, resembles

language that speaks to the senses, gives a picture or perspective of the topic

often a poem that mourns the dead

japanese poetry with 3 lines and 17 syllables

the sound of the word imitates its sound or meaning

repetition of sounds - alliteration

14 line poem that may have several rhyme schemes - ballad

a poem with a strong beat and 5 lines - limerick

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, subject or character

a 14 line lyric poem that may have one of several rhyme schemes

a funny poem with 5 lines and a strong beat

repetition of initial consonant sounds

a classic form of peotry that has 5 lines

comparison between two unlike things without using connective words

a song or song-like poem that tells a story

poetry with no regular meter or rhyme scheme

overstatement or exaggeration of actions, emotions, or other qualities

the alteration of stressed and unstressed syllales, the beat

repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poems

a contradictory idea that may actually be true

a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit

the ordinary form of spoken or written language

a comparison betwen two unlike things that use a connective word such as : like, as , than, resembles

language that speaks to the senses, gives a picture or perspective of the topic

often a poem that mourns the dead

japanese poetry with 3 lines and 17 syllables

the sound of the word imitates its sound or meaning

repetition of sounds - alliteration

14 line poem that may have several rhyme schemes - ballad

a poem with a strong beat and 5 lines - limerick