Poetry Terms

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Poetry Poetry Terms Terms

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Poetry Terms. Alliteration. Repetition of a consonant. Example P eter, P eter P umpkin Eater. Assonance. Repetition of a vowel sound. Example P e ter, P e ter pumpkin ea ter had a wife and couldn’t k ee p her. Ballads. A songlike poem that tells a story, usually adventure or romance. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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AlliterationRepetition of a consonant

Example

•Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

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AssonanceRepetition of a vowel sound

ExamplePeter, Peter pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn’t keep her.

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Ballads

A songlike poem that tells a story, usually adventure or romance

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Concrete Poetry

A poem that has the shape of the poem’s subject

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Dramatic Poetry

Poetry that involves the techniques of drama

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End rhyme

Rhyme at the end of a line

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Free Verse

Poetry not written in regular rhythmic pattern

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Haiku

3 line Japanese verse form

• Line 1 & 3 are five syllables• Line 2 is seven syllables

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ImageryDescriptive language to recreate sensory experiences

*it is writing that appeals to your senses to help you visualize the subject – imagine it

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Internal rhyme

Rhyme within a line of poetry

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Jargon

Slang or confusing language

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Lyric poetry

Highly musical poem that expresses feeling

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Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things

Example:“Juliet is the sun”

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Meter

Rhythmic pattern in a poem

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Musical Devices

Poetic devices that have musical qualities

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Narrative Poetry

Poetry that tells a story

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Onomatopoeia

Use of words that imitate the sound it makes

Example:

Buzz, Woof, Pow, Wee

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Personification

Giving an object humanlike qualities

Example:Beauty and the Beast

– Mrs. Potts

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Poetry

Literature that uses highly concise, musical, emotional language

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ProseOrdinary form of written language

NOT poetry, drama, or song

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Refrain

Repeated line/group of lines in a poem or song

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Repetition

Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once

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Repetition

Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once

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Rhyme

Repetition of sound at the end of words

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Rhyme Scheme

Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

Remember the Shakespearean

Sonnet:

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

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Rhythm

Pattern of beats (stresses) in poetry

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Simile

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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Symbols

Something that stands for something else