poetry vocab

Shakespearean sonnet a sonnet

________ consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

couplet

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

free verse

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

ejambment

A line of poetry that continues its sentence into the next line without a break.

foot

A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

quatrain

A four line stanza

stanza

A group of lines in a poem

end stopped

a line with a pause at the end

iambic pentameter

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

meter

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

repitition

Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect

assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds

alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

denotation

the literal meaning of a word

connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

sonnet

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

diction

word choice

syntax

Sentence structure

tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Shakespearean sonnet

a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg

apostrophe

address to an absent or imaginary person

personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

admonition

gentle warning; friendly reproof

omniscience

all-knowing