1. POETRY TERMS MRS. BOLGER 2014

2. A. TYPES OF POEMS

3. 1. FREE VERSE Poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern

4. 2. PERSONA POEM Poet becomes someone/something else

5. 3. APOSTROPHE POEM Speaker of poem addresses something not living

6. 4. NARRATIVE/BALLAD POEM Poem tells a story

7. 5. IMAGIST POEM A snapshot of a moment in time

8. 6. LYRIC POEM Poem expresses strong emotions

9. 7. DRAMATIC POEM Characters talk

10. 8. CONCRETE POEM A poem that takes the shape of the subject

11. 9. ODE Poetic form in which one describes how/why someone/something is to be revered (loved)

12. 10. CLERIHEW Poetic form of 4 lines with an AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous

13. 11. LIMERICK Poetic form of 5 lines with an AABBA rhyme scheme that is often humorous

14. 12. HAIKU Japanese style poem of 3 lines and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature

15. B. FORM

16. 13. LINE A horizontal group of words in a poem, like a sentence

17. 14. STANZA A vertical group of lines of a poem, like a paragraph

18. 15. LINE BREAK Where a line ends

19. C. DICTION (WORD CHOICE)

20. 16. SPEAKER The person/thing in a poem who is expressing an idea

21. 17. MOOD The feeling associated with a poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.

22. 18. POETIC LICENSE Creating new words, sometimes by combining existing words

23. 19. INVERSION Changing the usual order of words

24. 20. IMAGERY Creating a picture with words through sensory details

25. 21. CONNOTATION Emotional associations of words

26. 22. DENOTATION The literal meaning of words (dictionary definition)

27. 23. SIMILE Comparing 2 unlike things with like or as

28. 24. METAPHOR Comparing 2 unlike things without like or as

29. 25. PERSONIFICATION Something nonhuman is given human qualities

30. D. SOUND EFFECTS

31. 26. ONOMATOPOEIA Words that make the sound of their action/definition

32. 27. ALLITERATION Repeating initial consonant sound

33. 28. REFRAIN Repeating line/phrase at same place in each stanza

34. 29. RHYME/RHYME SCHEME Repeating the same sound in 2+ words (boy/toy); a set pattern of rhyme throughout a poem

35. 30. RHYTHM A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

36. 31. REPETITION Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis