Poetry Vocab

Verse

• Language written 

  in poetic form: Poetry

• Opposite of verse:

  Language written in 

  regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

• A poem that tells a story.

• The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Prose

• Language written 

  in poetic form: Poetry

• Opposite of verse:

  Language written in 

  regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

• A poem that tells a story.

• The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Narrative Poetry

• Language written 

  in poetic form: Poetry

• Opposite of verse:

  Language written in 

  regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

• A poem that tells a story.

• The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Lyric Poetry

• Language written 

  in poetic form: Poetry

• Opposite of verse:

  Language written in 

  regular form (essay, novel, etc.)

• A poem that tells a story.

• The most widespread kind of poetry in which an individual speaker expresses what he or she feels, perceives , and thinks.

Open Form

• A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

• A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

  Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

• A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

• The person/voice 

  speaking in the poem -

  NOT the author of the poem

Structured Form

• A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

• A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

  Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

• A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

• The person/voice 

  speaking in the poem -

  NOT the author of the poem

Stanza

• A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

• A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

  Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

• A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

• The person/voice 

  speaking in the poem -

  NOT the author of the poem

Speaker

• A poem written with no distinctive patterns in sound, meter, or form.

• A poem written according to strict rules: stanzas, rhyme scheme, meter, etc.

  Limericks, sonnets, haiku, sestinas, villanelles, etc.

• A grouping of lines to form a unit- the basic structure of a poem.

• The person/voice 

  speaking in the poem -

  NOT the author of the poem

Diction

• An author’s word choice-

  Authors don’t USE diction.

• Eloquent, sophisticated, formalized language that is

  often impersonal

• Grammatically correct language

  that lacks the 

  elevation of formal diction

• Slang, common language

Formal Diction

• An author’s word choice-

  Authors don’t USE diction.

• Eloquent, sophisticated, formalized language that is

  often impersonal

• Grammatically correct language

  that lacks the 

  elevation of formal diction

• Slang, common language