Poetry Terms

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery refers to the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid mental pictures for the reader.

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What is figurative language?

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Figurative language is language that is not meant to be taken literally; it conveys deeper meanings through metaphors, similes, personification, and other figures of speech.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem, often described using letters to denote which lines rhyme with each other.

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What is narrative poetry?

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Narrative poetry is a type of poetry that tells a story, complete with characters, a plot, and a setting.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one is the other.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, often used to create rhythm or emphasis.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas, similar to a paragraph in prose.