Poetry Vocab- English 9

simile

to compare something that would not usually be compared using like or as

metaphor

to say something is another (are not associated)

personification

to say an inanimate object has human traits

Imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language

alliteration

the repeating of the same letter/sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

consonance

recurrence of sounds that start with consonants

assonance

recurrence of sounds that start with vowels

end rhyme

rhyme at the end of the lines

internal rhyme

rhyme in the same line

onomatopoeia

word whose sound imitates its meaning (buzz, snap, pop)

blank verse

unrhymed poetry written in iambic petameter

free verse

poetry without rhyme or meter

lyric poetry

short poem exporting an emotional response to something/someone

narrative poetry

used to tell a story

dramatic poetry

written in verse and intended for a live audience, often has dialogue, sometimes written within a play, Plays, musicals

Tone

The author's attitude towards the subject

mood

The overall atmosphere/vibe of the story

Shakespearean sonnet

ABAB, 14 lines, last 2 lines are the turning point (either lines 9 or 11), iambic pentameter, has quatrain and couplet

Petrarchan sonnet

ABBA, the turn is line 9, has an octave and sestet