Drama and Poetry Vocab

a play that ends with the death of a main character

• tragedy

• comedy

• prologue

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; having ten syllables per line

• aside

• stanza

• sonnet

a long speech given by one character

• monologue

• prologue

• consonance

the repetition of stressed or unstressed syllables in each line of poetry; the beat

• consonance

• stanza

• rhythm

a major section of a play, usually made up of several scenes

• prologue

• act

• aside

a brief monologue for the audience that is unheard by other characters on stage

• foil

• aside

• sonnet

an introduction to a play, usually spoken by a chorus

• monologue

• tragedy

• prologue

the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of words in a line of poetry

• consonance

• alliteration

• assonance

a poem in shape that suggests its subject

• lyric poem

• narrative poem

• concrete poem

poetry not written in regular rhythmical pattern

• free verse

• stage directions

• concrete poem