Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms POEM: the concrete and artistic expression of the human mind in emotional and rhythmical language—Encyclope...

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Poetry Terms POEM: the concrete and artistic expression of the human mind in emotional and rhythmical language—Encyclopedia Britannica STANZA: lines of a poem that are arranged in sections that have one main idea. Stanzas are to poetry what paragraphs are to stories.

POETIC STRATEGIES ALLITERATION: the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.) ASSONANCE: the repetition of vowels sounds within words (And the gray mist on the sea‘s face and a gray down breaking.) CONSONANCE: the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of words (If you ever, ever, ever meet a grizzly bear.) METAPHOR: a comparison that says one thing is another figure of speech that is a direct comparison of two unlike things that have something in common (Stars are great drops of golden dew.) SIMILE: a figure of speech that makes a comparison using the word like or as (―His hair like moldy hay‖ or ―My love is like…‖) PERSONIFICATION: a figure of speech that gives human qualities to an object, an animal, or an idea. Giving inanimate objects the characteristics of animal things (Inside this pencil crouch words that have never been written.) ONOMATOPOEIA: using words to imitate the sound they represent (bow-wow, growl.) SYNCOPE: cutting short of words through omission of a letter syllable (Ev‘ry for every or ‗Tis for it is) HYPERBOLE: a conscious exaggeration without the intent of literal persuasion. It may be used to heighten effect or to produce comic effect. (I‘m dying of thirst.) CLICHÉ: any expression used so often it has lost its freshness and clarity. An overused expression (Dead as a doornail.) FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: be interpreted in a literal sense. IMAGERY:

gives new meaning to ordinary words; not meant to

used to appeal to our senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell

REPETION: repeating words or phrases RHYMING: to be similar in sound

TYPES OF POEMS PARODY: poem that imitates the style of another writer‘s work, but twists the words and the meaning. COLLABORATIVE: type of poem which includes ideas from a group (the first is also a metaphor) I wish… it never rained on weekends everyday was a Sunday There was no school on Monday mornings Or Happiness is… Being with friends Eating ice cream Graduating from college Being a teacher CINQUAIN: type of poem with a 5 line rhyme scheme—1 title, 2 words describing title, 3 showing action, 4 expressing feeling, 5 one word renaming title Watermelon Green, sweet Tasting, savoring, dissolving It makes me feel like I’m eating a one of a kind meal

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ACROSTIC/ACRONYM: a type of poem with a word combining letters plus words to form a poem—CLOCK CLERIHEW: a type of poem usually with four lines—person aa/bb CONCRETE: poetry written in the shape of some object (poetry to be seen and felt rather than heard) –RAIN—to write a concrete poem (1) see a word plus then see the meaning of the word (2) the poem should do what the word says (3) should fill the page QUATRAIN: a four-line poem having the first two lines rhyme and the last two lines rhyme aa/bb HAIKU: a poem about the nature using a 5/7/5 syllable pattern (related to mood and feeling; references to seasons or nature; use own imagination—try to feel writer‘s experiences Acorns are dropping Dropping, bopping, down they come Crisp days in autumn Pam Ault Or Harvesting the grain The fields are bare and lonely Frost blankets the field

SENRYU:

a poem about any topic using a 5/7/5 pattern

BALLAD: narrative poem that has been adapted for singing or that give the effect of a song. Uses repetition NARRATIVE:

poems that relate a particular event or episode or tells a long tale

LIMERICK: five-line verse with the first and second lines rhyming, the third and fourth agreeing, and the fifth line usually ending in a surprise or humorous statement FREE VERSE: poem that does not have rhyme but depends on rhythm or cadence for its poetic form