Poetry Literary Vocabulary - CKLA

Front

What is the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other?

Back

Stanza break

Front

What is the repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem called?

Back

Anaphora

Front

What do you call a four-line stanza?

Back

Quatrain

Front

What is a comparison that is not made directly?

Back

Implied metaphor

Front

What are words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition?

Back

Figurative language

Front

What is a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to non-human things?

Back

Personification

Front

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art in a poem?

Back

Allusion

Front

What is a poem that tells a story and has a plot?

Back

Narrative poem

Front

What is a recurring theme or idea in a poem?

Back

Motif