Poetry Poetry Poetry

hyperbole

• a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humore

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event

• a figure of speech that compares two unlike things

repetition

• a message that the author is trying to convey to the reader

• repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

• a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event

• a comparison of two unlike things

tone

• a reference to another work of literature

• mood

• the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters

end rhyme

• rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry such as ABAB or AABB

• rhyme that occurs internally

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• This is a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter

prose

• a fixed form of lyric poetry that consists of 14 lines, usually written in iambic pentameter

• written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

• rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry

• a poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that brings forth strong feelings or praise

ballad

• a narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas

• a pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter

• a reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• a line of poetry

elegy

• a contrast between expectations and reality

• a figure of speech in which an object is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

• the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

poetry

• genre of literature that expresses feelings, ideas, or tells a story in a specific form - using lines and stanzas. Everything that is not prose.

• repetition of sounds within a line

• written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure

• 3 unrhymed lines (5,7,5) usually focusing on nature

rhythm

• regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

• a message the author is trying to convey to the reader

• pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. This characteristic of poetry helps separate it from prose.

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

refrain

• a phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza

• a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

• 3 unrhymed lines (5,7,5) usually focusing on nature

• regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem