The Language of Poetry (Isabella)

Form 

Refers to a poems structure or the way the words are arranged on the page.

Lines

Division of a poem. Also a group of words arranged into a row that ends for a reason other than the right- hand margin.

Stanzas

what a poem is grouped into, (also help function like paragraphs in prose)

Traditional form

follows fixed rules, such as a specified number of lines. Also has a regular pattern of rhyme and/or rhythm

Organic Form

Does not follow established rules for form. Does not have a regular pattern of rhythm and may not rhyme at all. May use unconventional spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Free Verse

Do not adhere to a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme. (kinda like the name aka free)

Rhythm

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line is what creates this

Rhyme

Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the END of words

Repetition

A sound, word, phrase, or line that is repeated for emphasis and unity

Alliteration

Repetition of constant sounds at the beginnings of words(example: circle, slowly, silken, swish.)

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in words that don’t rhyme (example: deep-eyed deer)

Consonance 

Repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words that can’t rhyme (examples: nest, watered, shoot)

Imagery

Description that appeals to any of the 5 senses

Similie

A comparison between two unlike things, containing the words like, as or as if

Metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things without the word like or as

Personification

Giving human characteristics or abilities to something that is not human

Hyperbole

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect

Poems Speaker

Voice of the poem (narrator)

Enjambment

When a single thought/ sentence carries over multiple lines of Poetry and does not end with a line break

Internal rhyme

occurs within a line of poetry

End rhyme

occurs at the end of a line In poetry

Couplet

Pair of rhymed lines that have to be consecutive or next to each other. It is the whole line

Perfect Rhyme

Repetition of vowel and consonant sounds at the end of words

Imperfect Rhyme

Words that either match in the ending consonant  sounds OR ending vowel sounds, the other sound is close ( also known as near rhyme or slant rhyme)

Eye Rhyme

Words that end with identical spelling and look like they should rhyme, but don’t rhyme exactly

Onomatopoeia

Use of words whose sounds imitate or echo their meaning

Apostrophe

Speaking to a subject (something or someone) that is not literally there

Irony

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Symbol

Object, person, or place that stands for something else or beyond itself. (Often abstract, can’t see/touch, and NOT a logo)

Mood

Feeling/atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader through descriptive words, imagery, fig language, sound, and rhythm of language 

Tone

The attitude a writer takes towards the subjects through chosen details/emphasis, word choice, sentence structure/punctuation, fig language, sound/rhythm of language

Allusion

Indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literature work

theme 

<message about life or human nature a writer wants the reader to learn (usually inferred. Its a complete sentence, but not a cliche)