8.3.2d Poetic Lenses Review

Flashcards covering poetic terminology including form, structure, imagery, implication, and sound-based devices from lecture notes.

Line

A subdivision of a poem; a line puts a group of words arranged into a row for some of the time and for a reason other than the margins.

Stanza

The main building blocks of a poem, literally shaped like a wall, made up of lines that relate to a similar thought or topic; similar to a paragraph.

Enjambment

Where a sentence or thought continues across a line break.

End-Stop

A pause at the end of a line of poetry, which can be marked by a full stop, a comma, or a semi-colon.

Caesura

A pause that occurs within a line of poetry, usually marked by some form of punctuation such as a comma, semi-colon, or dash, but can also occur in the exact middle of a line.

Metaphor

A comparison which describes something as that which is not literally true.

Extended Metaphor

A version of metaphor that extends over more lines, paragraphs, section, stanza, thought or makes a prose poem.

Simile

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Personification

Giving something nonhuman (e.g. "air") human qualities.

Symbolism

The use of symbols, people, locations, or imagery to represent something deeper or beyond the literal meaning.

Irony

A meaning that is a literary work to open a person.

Semantic field

A group of words from the same field of meaning.

Anaphora

The repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Epiphora (also called epistrophe)

The repetition of a word/phrase at the end of successive clauses.

Anadiplosis

A form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.

Diacope

When a writer repeats a word or phrase with one or more words in between.

Epizeuxis

Repetition of a word or phrase in quick succession.

Internal rhyme