Figurative Language

Narrative Poetry Notes and Vocabulary

POET

the author of the poem.

SPEAKER

The narrator” of the poem.

FORM

the appearance of the words on the page

LINE

a group of words together on one line of the poem

STANZA

a grouped set of lines in a poem

Couplet

a stanza consisting of two lines

Quatrain

a stanza consisting of four lines

Alliteration

the repetition of consonants in the beginning of words.

Allusion

A reference to something from history of literature.

Metaphor

a comparison between two different things without using 'like' or 'as.'

Simile

a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

Symbol

One thing that stands for itself and some other idea.

Tone

The emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work.

Personification

Giving human characteristics to inhuman objects or animals.

Imagery

Creating pictures for the senses

RHYME SCHEME

a pattern of rhyme (usually end rhyme, but not

always).

END RHYME

A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

INTERNAL RHYME

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

LYRIC

A short poem, usually written in first person point of view

NARRATIVE POEMS

A poem that tells a story

FREE VERSE POETRY

does NOT have any repeating patterns

BLANK VERSE POETRY

Written in lines of iambic pentameter,

but does NOT use end rhyme.

Repetition

Repeated words or phrases, duh.