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Onomatopoeia
Figure of speech where words are used to imitate sounds. Eg. Splat, buzz, hiss.
Assonance
Repitition/ pattern of vowel sounds
Consonance
Repitition/ pattern of consonant sounds
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words. Eg. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Stanza
“Paragraph” of a Poem.
Posh verb for verse
Verse
“Paragraph” of a Poem. How the lines are arranged.
Line
One line of poetry
Narrative Voice
Voice that tells teh story. Some are in 3rd person, other in 1st person.
Narrative Persona
The invented voice that presents the narrative. The ‘I’ of teh poem but not necessarily the author.
Abstract vs. Concrete Nouns
Abstract: Nouns we cannot feel/touch, often emotions, concepts
Concrete: Nouns we can see (objects, places)
Polysyndeton
A(n intentional!!) exagerated use of a connecting words eg. and.
Speaker
Narrator but for poetry
Free verse
Poem with no regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
Enjambment
When there’s no punctuation at the end of a line of poetry, making it flow on to the next line.
Rhyme
The occurace of a similar sound at the end of two or more words.
Refrain
A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated in a poem.
Rhythm
Pattern of pulsed beat in a line or stanza.
Structure
The organization of a poem into sections. includes line length and no. of lines & stanzas.
Tense
The time setting for the poem (past, present, future)
Elegy
Mournful, melancholic poem. Especially funeral song or lament for the dead.
Form
The organizing principle for literary work. In poetry, described in terms of rhyme, meter, and stanzaic pattern.
Genre
The type of text that a text belongs to
Ode
A poem devoted to a person or thing.
Pastoral
A poem which deals in teh simplicity and beauty of rural life.
Sonnet
14 lined poem with rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Often about love and romance.
Envoy
The shorter final stanza of a poem
End Stopped
The end of enjambment
Caesura
A natural break in the middle of a line of poetry
Free indirect speech
AC of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator
