poetry terms Lang lit final sem 2

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds

Consonance

repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds in nearby words.

Dialect

nonstandard grammar that depends on where your are from. (adding/removing letters, apostrophes).

Diction

Writer’s choice of words, it distinguishes it from ordinary speech

Free verse

Unrhymed verse with no rhythm

Form

The type of poetry. How it’s structured (rhymes, stanzas, # of lines)

Irony

something unexpected. twist

Mood

the emotional atomsphere or “vibe” of a poem, representing the feelings it evokes in the reader.

Narrative Poetry

poetry with a plot, tells a story

Onomatopoeia

 Words that imitate sounds (boom, flash)

Poetry

literature written in lines and stanzas

Speaker

voice or persona narrating a poem

Stanza

group of lines that form a unit (separated by empty lines)

Theme

 underlying subject or message of a poem, the central message