Poetry Vocabulary Flashcard

Front

What is a line in poetry?

Back

A line is a sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row in a poem.

Front

What is personification?

Back

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

Front

What is a villanelle?

Back

A villanelle is a 19-line poem with a specific structure of five tercets followed by a quatrain, with a rhyme scheme of ABA.

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

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

Front

What is a sestina?

Back

A sestina is a complex form of poetry consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, followed by a three-line stanza, with a specific pattern of word repetition.

Front

What is a haiku?

Back

A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

Front

What is a sonnet?

Back

A sonnet is a 14-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes, commonly used to express love or deep emotions.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

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

Front

What is a limerick?

Back

A limerick is a humorous five-line poem with a specific rhythm and an AABBA rhyme scheme.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

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.