Q2 - Poetic Terms

Enjambment

________: running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping.

Apostrophe

________: addressing someone or something usually not present as though present.

Overstatement

________: exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and is not to be taken literally.

Caesura

________: pause withing a line of poetry that contributes to the rhyme of the line.

Villanelle

________: five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets abd together as the last two lines of the quatrain.

Simile

________: comparison between two usually unrelated things using like or as.

Understatement

________: consists of saying less than one means.

Personification

________: giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.

Symbol

________: word or image that signifies something other than what it literally represents.

Metaphor

________: comparison between two usually unrelated things without like or as.

Archetype

________: character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature.

Synecdoche

________: mentioning a part of something to represent the whole.

Antithesis

________: balancing or contrasting of one term against another.

Metonymy

________: substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it.

Allusion

________: reference in literature or art to previous literature and events.

Elegy

________: poem that mournds death or the absence of something deeply loved.

Onomatopoeia

________: use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds.

Heroic couplet

________: consists of two succesive rhyming verses with a complete thought.

Rime royal

________: stanza consisting of seven lines in iambic pentameter.

Limerick

________: five- line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter.

Allegory

________: narrative or description having a second meaning.

Repetition

________: reiterating of a word or phrase within a poem.

Terza rima

________: three- line stanza for with an interwoven rhyme scheme.

Connotation

________: associations a word calls to mind.

Assonance

________: similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words.

Alliteration

________: repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words.

Rhyme

________: similarity or likeness of sound existing between 2 words.

Consonance

________: repetition of ________ sounds within a line of rhyme.

Antecedent

________: the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.

Verbal irony

________: the opposite of what is said is meant.

Dramatic irony

________: discrepancy between what a character says /thinks to be true and what the reader knows.

English shakespearean sonnet

________: composed of three quatrains and a concluding couplet.

Ballad stanza

________: consists of four lines with lines two and four rhyming.

Sonnet

________: fourteen- line stanza form consisting of iambic pentameter lines.

Paradox

________: situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements.

Pertarchan italian sonnet

________: divided usually between eight lines called the octave and six lines called the sestet.

lyric poem

Ode: exalted, complex rapturous ________ written about a dignifed subject.

rhyme

similarity or likeness of sound existing between 2 words

end rhyme

rhyme at the end of 2 or more lines of verse

internal rhyme

rhyme between 2 or more words in the same line

masculine rhyme

occurs when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word

feminine rhyme

occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhymes with another word

triple rhyme

occurs when the last three syllables of a word or line rhyme

rhyme scheme

the pattern or sequence which the rhyme occurs

alliteration

repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words

onomatopoeia

use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds

assonance

similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words

consonance

repetition of consonant sounds within a line of rhyme

refrain

repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem

repetition

reiterating of a word or phrase within a poem

simile

comparison between two usually unrelated things using like or as

metaphor

comparison between two usually unrelated things without like or as

personification

giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals

synecdoche

mentioning a part of something to represent the whole

metonymy

substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it

symbol

word or image that signifies something other than what it literally represents

allegory

narrative or description having a second meaning

overstatement

exaggeration for the sake of emphasis and is not to be taken literally

understatement

consists of saying less than one means

antithesis

balancing or contrasting of one term against another

apostrophe

addressing someone or something usually not present as though present

dramatic irony

discrepancy between what a character says/thinks to be true and what the reader knows

irony of situation

incongruity between actual circumstances and those that would seem appropiate

verbal irony

the opposite of what is said is meant

paradox

situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements

oxymoron

compact paradox

couplet

two-line stanza

triplet

three-line stanza

quatrain

four-line stanza

sestet

six-line stanza

septet

seven-line stanza

octave

eight-line stanza

stanza

division of a poem

heroic couplet

consists of two succesive rhyming verses with a complete thought

terza rima

three-line stanza for with an interwoven rhyme scheme

limerick

five-line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter

ballad stanza

consists of four lines with lines two and four rhyming

rime royal

stanza consisting of seven lines in iambic pentameter

ottava rima

consists of eight iambic pentamere lines

spenserian stanza

nine-line stanza consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by an alexandrine

sonnet

fourteen-line stanza form consisting of iambic pentameter lines

pertarchan/italian sonnet

divided usually between eight lines called the octave and six lines called the sestet

english/shakespearean sonnet

composed of three quatrains and a concluding couplet

villanelle

five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets abd together as the last two lines of the quatrain

elegy

poem that mournds death or the absence of something deeply loved

lyric

most widely used type of poem

ode

exalted, complex rapturous lyric poem written about a dignifed subject

allusion

reference in literature or art to previous literature and events

antecedent

the word or phrase to which a pronoun refers

archetype

character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature

caesura

pause withing a line of poetry that contributes to the rhyme of the line

connotation

associations a word calls to mind

enjambment

running over of a sentence from one verse or stanza into the next without stopping