western wind terms

Concrete image

An image that appeals directly to the senses (sight, taste, smell etc)

Abstract image

An image that refers to ideas, qualities, or concepts rather than physical things.

Paraphras

A restatement of a poem in your own words, simplifying it while keeping the meaning.

Lyric poem

A short poem expressing personal emotion or thought (by 1 person)

Ode

A formal, ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and praises a person, thing, or idea.

Simile

A comparison using like or as

Metaphor

a direct comparison between 2 unlike things saying one IS the other.

Analogy

Comparison in which one idea, thing, or relationship is explained by showing how similar it is to another familiar relationship.

Synesthesia

A figure of speech blending sensory experiences (loud colors, sweet sound)

Allusion

A brief reference to a person, place, event, or literary work the reader should recognize.

Personification

Giving human qualities or behaviors to non human things.

Myth/mythology

Stories that explain origins, values or beliefs of a culture. Used in poetry as symbolism.

Synechdoche

A figure of speech in which a part represents the whole or a whole represents a part (all hands on deck = all sailors needed)

Metonymy

A figure of speech where something is referred to by something closely associated with it. (The crown = king)

Symbol

An object, image or action that stands for a broader idea or meaning.

Allegory

A narrative where characters, events or setting represent abstract ideas.

Caesura

A deliberate pause within a line of poetry, marked by punctuation.

Enjambment

When a line of poetry carries over into the next line without grammatical pause.

End-stop

A line of poetry that concludes with a natural pause, signaled by punctuation.

Elegy

A poem of mourning- often reflective, lamenting loss, death or sorrow.