Poetry Vocabulary

Traditional Poetry

• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Free Verse

• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Spoken Word Poetry

• Blend of poetry and theater in which you use poetic elements and make it a performance, often uses body movements and gestures to help convey meaning
• Poetry forms that follow a specific structure
• Unstructured poetry without a regular form, meter, rhythm, or rhyme scheme
• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

Form

• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Diction

• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Style

• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet

Mood

• The atmosphere or emotion in the poem created by the poet
• The way a poem is laid out on a page
• The language of a poem, and how each word is chosen to convey a precise meaning
• Author's choices regarding language, sentence structure, voice, and tone in order to communicate to the reader

Rhyme Scheme

• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB
• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions

Rhythm

• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions
• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB

Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell)
• The attitude of the author towards the subject; conveys feelings and emotions
• The pattern of end rhyme in a poem; each line is assigned a letter and lines that rhyme are given the same letter; for example AABB or ABAB
• A musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables