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Poetry Terms
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Alliteration Repetition of a consonant Example
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
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Assonance Repetition of a vowel sound Example
Peter, Peter pumpkin eater had a wife and couldn’t keep her.
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Ballads A songlike poem that tells a story, usually adventure or romance
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Concrete Poetry A poem that has the shape of the poem’s subject
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Dramatic Poetry Poetry that involves the techniques of drama
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End rhyme Rhyme at the end of a line
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Free Verse Poetry not written in regular rhythmic pattern
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Haiku 3 line Japanese verse form Line 1 & 3 are five syllables
Line 2 is seven syllables
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Imagery Descriptive language to recreate sensory experiences
*it is writing that appeals to your senses to help you visualize the subject – imagine it
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Internal rhyme Rhyme within a line of poetry
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Jargon Slang or confusing language
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Lyric poetry Highly musical poem that expresses feeling
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Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things Example:
“Juliet is the sun”
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Meter Rhythmic pattern in a poem
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Musical Devices Poetic devices that have musical qualities
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Narrative Poetry Poetry that tells a story
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Onomatopoeia Use of words that imitate the sound it makes Example:
Buzz, Woof, Pow, Wee
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Beauty and the Beast – Mrs. Potts
Personification Giving an object humanlike qualities Example: Beauty and the Beast – Mrs. Potts
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Poetry Literature that uses highly concise, musical, emotional language
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Prose Ordinary form of written language NOT poetry, drama, or song
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Refrain Repeated line/group of lines in a poem or song
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Repetition Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once
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Repetition Use of a sound, word, or phrase more than once
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Rhyme Repetition of sound at the end of words
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Remember the Shakespearean Sonnet:
Rhyme Scheme Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem Remember the Shakespearean Sonnet: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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Rhythm Pattern of beats (stresses) in poetry
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Simile Comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Symbols Something that stands for something else
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