the study of the structure of poetry
prosody
how poetry is built, how it's put together
structure
the most condensed and concetrated form of literature
poetry
movement
rhythm
stressed or unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
meter
a more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
metrical pattern
basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry
foot
a foot that has one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllables
iamb
a foot that has one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
trochee
two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
anapest
one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
dactyl
a foot consisting of two stressed syllables
spondee
a line of poetry with one foot
monometer
a line of poetry with two feet
dimeter
a line of poetry with three feet
trimeter
a line of poetry with four feet
tetrameter
a line of poetry with five feet
pentameter
a line of poetry with six feet
hexameter
a line of poetry with seven feet
heptameter
a line of poetry with eight feet
octameter
metrical analysis or determining what the meter or metrical pattern
scansion
end with same sound
rhyme
begin with the same sound
alliteration
repitition of vowel sounds
assonance
repitition of consonant sounds
consonance
rhymes at the ends of lines
end rhyme
rhymes within the lines
internal rhyme
words that look the same but do not sound the same
eye-rhyme
when you assign letters to lines of poetry with end rhyme
rhyme scheme
a stanza made up of two lines
couplet
a stanza made up of three lines
triplet
a stanza made up of four lines of poetry
quatrain
exaggeration
hyperbole
opposite of hyperbole
understatement
a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another
figurative language
a combination of contradictory terms
oxymoron
makes a comparison between unlike things using words such as "like" or "as" (not literal)
simile
makes a comparison between unlike things wherein one becomes the other (not literal)
metaphor
assigning a human characteristic to an inanimate object
personification
poem that expresses emotion
lyric poem
a poem that tells a story
narrative poem
unrhymed, iambic pentameter
blank verse
lines vary in length, no fixed rhythmical pattern, no rhyme scheme
free verse
at the end of a line, there is no mark at the end of the line to indicate a pause or stop and thought continues through the next line
enjambment
a poem where its shape suggests its meaning
concrete
a word whose sound expresses its meaning
onomatopoeia