Poetry Analysis

closed form of poetry

include predictable patterns in the structure of lines, stanzas, meter, and rhyme that develop relationships among ideas in the poem

sonnet

a fourteen-line poem, written in iambic pentameter

open forms of poetry

may not follow expected or predictable patterns in the structure of their lines or stanzas, but they may still have structures that develop relationships between ideas in the poem

meter

the basic rhythmic structure of verse; the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

speaker

in poetry, relates accounts to readers and establishes a relationship between the text and the reader

stanza

usually a repeated grouping of 2+ lines within a poem that has the same meter and rhyme scheme

end-stopped

a pause at the end of a line of poetry (period, comma, colon, semicolon)

apostrophe

direct address to someone or something not present

extended metaphor

created when the comparison of a main subject and comparison subject persist through parts of an entire text;  when the comparison is expanded through additional details, similes, and images

conceit

a form of extended metaphor that often appears in poetry, conceits develop complex comparisons that present images, concepts, and associations in surprising or paradoxical ways

onomatopoeia

words whose sound suggests their meaning

rhyme

repetition of concluding sounds in different words

internal rhyme

rhyme within a line rather than at end of line