Poetry
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
Blank Verse
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
Free verse
Poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a regular meter
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the sams meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
Narrative poem
a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.
Prose
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Lyrical poetry
A type of emotional song-like poetry, distinguished Fromm dramatic and narrative poetry.
Lyric
Expressing the writers emotoins, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms
Rhythm
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
Stanza
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
Rhyme scheme
The orders pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Assonance
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be describable
Inversion
The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted
Repetition
The actoin of repeating something that has already been said or written
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Parallelism
The state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having 10 syllables per lines
Ballad
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
Quatrain
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
Refrain
Supo oneself from doing something
Elegy
A poem of serious reflectoin, typically a lament for tug dead
Meter
The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line
(Iambic) pentameter
A line of verse with five metric feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed be one long syllable
Symbol
a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally appplicable
Simlie
A figure of speech involving the comprehensoin of one thing with anoth r thing of a different kind, used to make description mor the more emphatic or vivid
Figurative language
Language that uses words words or expression with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
Literal language
Uses words exactly according to their conventionally proper meanings or denotation
Imaginative language
Having or showing an ability to think of new and interesting ideas
Mood/atmosphere
The atmosphere or pervading tone of something
Tone
The general character or attitude of something
Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Onomatopeya
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an iderect or passing reference
Poetry
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
Blank Verse
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
Free verse
Poetry that doesn't rhyme or have a regular meter
Couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the sams meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit
Narrative poem
a form of poetry that tells a story, often making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the entire story is usually written in metered verse.
Prose
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
Lyrical poetry
A type of emotional song-like poetry, distinguished Fromm dramatic and narrative poetry.
Lyric
Expressing the writers emotoins, usually briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms
Rhythm
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
Stanza
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
Rhyme scheme
The orders pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Assonance
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be describable
Inversion
The action of inverting something or the state of being inverted
Repetition
The actoin of repeating something that has already been said or written
Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
Parallelism
The state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way
Sonnet
A poem of 14 lines using any number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having 10 syllables per lines
Ballad
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture
Quatrain
A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.
Refrain
Supo oneself from doing something
Elegy
A poem of serious reflectoin, typically a lament for tug dead
Meter
The rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line
(Iambic) pentameter
A line of verse with five metric feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed be one long syllable
Symbol
a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation
Symbolism
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally appplicable
Simlie
A figure of speech involving the comprehensoin of one thing with anoth r thing of a different kind, used to make description mor the more emphatic or vivid
Figurative language
Language that uses words words or expression with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
Literal language
Uses words exactly according to their conventionally proper meanings or denotation
Imaginative language
Having or showing an ability to think of new and interesting ideas
Mood/atmosphere
The atmosphere or pervading tone of something
Tone
The general character or attitude of something
Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Hyperbole
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Onomatopeya
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Allusion
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an iderect or passing reference