Poetry: Forms and Terms

rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery to appeal to the reader's emotions and imagination

poetry that tells a story (?)

song or song-like poem that tells a story

a long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society

any poetry written for the stage, as in the plays of Shakespeare, and shorter poems that employ elements of drama such as dialogue, monologue, and characterization

a poem in which a character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals him/herself and the dramatic situation

poetry that expresses a speaker's emotions or thoughts and does not tell a story

the central idea or insight revealed by a work of literature

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character

the voice that is talking to us in a poem

the moment that stimulates the poem

the person to whom the poem is addresed

the reason for the poem

what the poem is about

writer's or speaker's choice of words

words that go beyond their literal meanings

words that have emotional overtones

language that appeals to the senses

word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and that is not meant to be understood at literal level

figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles

metaphor developed under several lines or throughout an entire poem

figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles

type of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself

figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect

a statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but that reveals a truth

repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem

occurs at the ends of lines

occurs within lines

words that rhyme exactly

words that sound similar but don't rhyme exactly

a rhyme of final stressed syllables (I got this from Google)

a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables (I got this from Google)

a pattern of rhymed lines in a poem

unit of lines in a poem

2 lines

3 lines

4 lines

5 lines

6 lines

7 lines

8 lines

3 long or 2 short lines

5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables

14-line lyric poem written in iambic pentameter

made up of octave and sestet

3 quatrains and 1 couplet

5 tercets and a quatrain

repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines

musical quality in language produced by repetition

indicating the stress

emphasis on the syllable

no emphasis on the syllable

unit of poetry with one meter (?)

unstress, stress

stress, unstress

unstress, unstress, stress

stress, unstress, unstress

stress, stress

a strict rhythmic pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables

1 unit

2 units

3 units

4 units

5 units

6 units

7 units

unrhymed iambic pentameter

sounds of long phrases are balanced with short ones

lines that end in punctuation

lines that don't end in punctuation

reversal of normal word order in a sentence

repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in close together words

repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds

resemblance in sound between two words (This is kind of a weird definition because I got from Google. If you have a better one please edit.)

use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning