Poetry Vocabulary

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Stanza

Stanza is a part of a poem consisting of 2 or more lines arranged as a unit.

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Rhyme

Similar ending sound. (Ex:

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End Rhyme

Last words of lines that have rhyming words.

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Rhyme Scheme

Pattern of end rhymes (Ex: AABBC)

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Rhythm

The beat or flow of a poem.

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Mood

How the reader feels about a peice of writing.

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Tone

The attitude the writer has bout the subject of a peice of writing.

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Repetition

Certain words, phrases, lines, and stanza that are repeated.

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Hyperbole

Used to draw emphasis through extreme exaggeration.

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Balled

A poem that tells a story.

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Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. (Susi by the sea)

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Onomatopoeia

The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning ( BOOM BANG)

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Simile

A comparison that describes something else by using the words like or as. (The boy jumps like a kangaroo)

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Metaphor

A direct comparison by saying one object “is” the other. (The boy is a kangaroo)

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Personification

Gives non-human things human qualities.

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Extended metaphor (conceit)

When the entire poem is a metaphor.

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Idiom

A phrase that actually means something different than its literal meaning. (I talked my head off).

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Allusion

Reference to someone or something commonly known from literature, history, or culture. ( My dog is like DR Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

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Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.

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Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning, middle or end of words. (He struck a streak of bad luck)

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Iambic Pentameter

A line of poetry composed of 10 syllables arranged in 5 metrical feet (iambs) each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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Sonnet

A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter.

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Couplet

2 lines of poetry that share end lines.

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