Poetry Literary form that combines the precise meanings of words with their emotional associations, sounds, & rhythms
Types of Poetry Narrative poetry Lyric poetry Dramatic poetry
Narrative Poem The writer tells a story in verse
Epic Long narrative poem about gods or heroes
Ballad Songlike narrative about an adventure or romance
Lyric poem Expresses author’s thoughts and feelings
Dramatic Poem Writer tells a story using a character’s own thoughts or statements
Haiku Japanese poetic form containing 3 unrhymed lines of 5-7-5 syllables; uses imagery to convey a single vivid emotion
Sonnet 14-line lyric poem with formal patterns of rhyme, rhythm & line structure
Figurative Language Not meant to be interpreted literally; expresses ideas or feelings in a fresh way
Metaphor Compares 2 apparently unlike things without using like, as, resembles, or than
Simile Compares 2 apparently unlike things by using like, as, resembles, or than
Personification Language that attributes human qualities to non-human things
Onomatopoeia The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning
Imagery Descriptive sensory language (related to 1 or more of 5 senses)
Sound Devices Assists in achieving a musical quality
Rhythm Pattern created by stressed & unstressed syllables of words in sequence
Meter Controlled pattern of rhythm
Rhyme Repetition of identical or similar sounds in stressed syllables
Rhyme Scheme Pattern of end rhymes
Free Verse No set meter or rhyme scheme
Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds of words
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words ex. child of silence
Consonance Repetition of consonants within nearby words in which the separating vowels differ ex. live and love
Repetition The use of any language element more than once
Stanza Group of consecutive lines in a poem
Couplet 2-line stanzas
Quatrain 4-line stanza