free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern
persona poem
poet becomes someone/ something else (uses "I")
apostrophe
speaker of poem addresses something not living (uses "you")
narrative/ballad poem
poem tells a story
imagist poem
a snapshot of a moment in time
dramatic poem
characters talk
concrete poem
a poem that takes the shape of the subject
ode
poetic form in which one describes how/why someone/something is to be revered
clerihew
poetic form of four lines with an AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous
limerick
5 line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme, often humorous
haiku
Japanese style poem of 3 lines and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature.
line
a horizontal group of words in a poem, like a sentence
stanza
a vertical group of lines of a poem, like a paragraph
line break
where the line ends
speaker
the person/thing in a poem who is expressing an idea
mood
the feeling associated with a poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.
poetic license
creating new words, sometimes by combining existing words
inversion
changing the usual order of words
imagery
creating a picture with words through sensory details
connotation
emotional associations of words
denotation
the literal (dictionary) meaning of words
simile
comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
metaphor
comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
personification
something nonhuman is given human qualities
onomatopoeia
words that make the sound of their action/ definition (zoom, zap, buzz)
alliteration
repeating initial consonant sound
refrain
repeating line/phrase at same place in each stanza
rhyme/rhyme scheme
repeating the same sound in 2+ words (ex.: thought/brought, trying/crying)/ pattern of rhyme (AABB)
rhythm
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
repetition
repeating words, phrases, lines for effect
free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern
persona poem
poet becomes someone/ something else (uses "I")
apostrophe
speaker of poem addresses something not living (uses "you")
narrative/ballad poem
poem tells a story
imagist poem
a snapshot of a moment in time
dramatic poem
characters talk
concrete poem
a poem that takes the shape of the subject
ode
poetic form in which one describes how/why someone/something is to be revered
clerihew
poetic form of four lines with an AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous
limerick
5 line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme, often humorous
haiku
Japanese style poem of 3 lines and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature.
line
a horizontal group of words in a poem, like a sentence
stanza
a vertical group of lines of a poem, like a paragraph
line break
where the line ends
speaker
the person/thing in a poem who is expressing an idea
mood
the feeling associated with a poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.
poetic license
creating new words, sometimes by combining existing words
inversion
changing the usual order of words
imagery
creating a picture with words through sensory details
connotation
emotional associations of words
denotation
the literal (dictionary) meaning of words
simile
comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
metaphor
comparing 2 unlike things with like or as
personification
something nonhuman is given human qualities
onomatopoeia
words that make the sound of their action/ definition (zoom, zap, buzz)
alliteration
repeating initial consonant sound
refrain
repeating line/phrase at same place in each stanza
rhyme/rhyme scheme
repeating the same sound in 2+ words (ex.: thought/brought, trying/crying)/ pattern of rhyme (AABB)
rhythm
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
repetition
repeating words, phrases, lines for effect