1. Poetry Terms
English I

2. Poetry- a kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imaginations.
Couplet- 2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
Ex. I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

3. Onomatopoeia- The use of words that sound like what they mean.
Ex.- Pop! Crackle!
Imagery- language that appeals to the senses, especially mental pictures.
Internal rhyme- rhyme that occurs within a line.
Ex- Once upon a midnight dreary, while I ponder weak and weary.

4. Rhyme scheme- the pattern of end rhyme in a section of poetry.
Ex- My vantage point had a clear view (A)
of the depths of the pit below (B)
bathed with the tears of its crew (A)
Repetition- a device used to emphasize the importance of words and persuasive writing and poetry

5. Stanza- a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit.
Symbol- a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and something beyond itself.
Rhyme- the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem.

6. Simile- a figure of speech that uses like or as to compare things that seem to have little or nothing in common.
Ex- I am as hungry as a horse.
Metaphor- a comparison between two unlike things in which some reasonable connection is instantly revealed.
Ex- The moon, a haunting lantern, shone through the clouds.

7. Personification- giving human qualities to something nonhuman or abstract.
My dog told me to come inside.
Rhythm- a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables or by the repetition of certain other sound patterns.

8. Alliteration- the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that appear close together.
Ex. More Mischief and Merriment.
Assonance- The repetition of similar, interior vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
Ex. Why does my wife fly in the sky at night?

9. Allusion- reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from history, religion, literature, or myth
Ex. In The Glass Menagerie, Tom speaks of “Chamberlain’s umbrella”, a reference to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

10. Refrain- a repeated sound, word, phrase, line, or group of lines.
Ex- A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.
Meter- a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
Allegory- a story or poem in which the characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events.

11. CONSONANCE- repetition of an interior consonant sound, sometimes at the end, within a short sentence.
Ex. The kingfisher is splashing through the rushing water.

12. Sonnet- a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a standard rhyme scheme.
Epic- a long narrative poem that tells the story of a hero.

13. 3 Major forms of Poetry
Lyric- expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker.
Epic- a long narrative poem that tells the deeds of a hero.
Ballad- a song or poem that tells a story

14. Provide an example for each term listed
1. Alliteration-
2. Metaphor-
3. Simile-
4. Onomatopoeia-
5. Internal rhyme-
6. Refrain-
7. Assonance-
8. Consonance-
9. Personification-