Poetry Terms

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What is Synecdoche?

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A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or the whole is used to represent a part.

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What is Anapest?

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A type of metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

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What is Metonymy?

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A figure of speech in which one thing is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

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What is Prosody?

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The use of two or more simultaneous but independent rhythms in a line of poetry.

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What is Dactyl?

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A type of metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

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What is Trochee?

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A type of metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.

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What is Spondee?

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A type of metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables.

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What is Enjambment?

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The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break in poetry.

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What is Chiasmus?

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A rhetorical device in which words or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

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What is Personification?

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A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.