POETRY TERMS and DEFINITIONS.

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POETRY TERMS and DEFINITIONS

TERMS Anthology – collection of poems grouped together Assonance – vowel rhyme – repetition of a pattern of similar sounds Consonance – repetition of the same consonant Chorus – part of poem repeated after each verse Envoi or Envoy – short final verse of a poem

Terms Line/Verse – the main unit of all poems Rhythm – pattern of stresses in a line of verse/line of poetry Stanza – a set amount of lines grouped by rhythmical pattern or meter Refrain – a repeated verse or phrase usually after the chorus or stanza

Stanza A set amount of verses or lines grouped by rhythmical patter and meter Stanza names according to number of lines: 2 lines = couplet 3 lines = tercet 4 lines = quatrain 5 lines = cinquain Stanzas can have rhythm and rhyme or just be a blank verse!

Rhythm & Meter Rhythm – pattern of stresses within a line of verse Meter – regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables Every verse has a meter which is measured or explained in a sequence of feet Foot – sequence of a type of syllable iambic pentameter (5) daDumdaDumdaDumdaDumdaDum To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells (Ode to Autumn by John Keats)

Terms Rhyme – repetition of sounds at the end of words Rhyme Scheme – pattern of end rhymes

Figurative Language in Poetry _______________ Alliteration Hyperbole Metaphor Onomatopoeia Oxymoron Personification Simile

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