Poetry Terminology - Medlyn

Fourteen line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter 

Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more syllables 

Things you can touch

The use of any element of language, sounds, words, phrases clauses or a sentence more than once

A reference to a well-known person, place,literary work or work of art or event

A metaphor which is drawn-out beyond the usual word or phrase to extend throughout a poem. 

Author’s unique way of writing using diction, tone, fig language, dialect or rhythmic devices

Atmosphere, the feeling created in the reader by a work. Eg frightening, depressing despairing 

where a poet decides to break a line

The use of words that imitate sounds. E.g. whirr, thud, sizzle

Repetition  of sounds at the ends of words.

A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem usually after every stanza

A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. 

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Widely used by Shakespeare. 

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Descriptive language used to create word pictures using sight, sound, taste,touch or smell

A repeated grouping of two or more poem lines that often share a pattern of rhythm & rhyme.

The continuation of a complete idea from one line/couplet of a poem to the next withouta pause

A nineteen line lyric poem written in five three-line stanzas and ending in a four line stanza 

The speaker or character telling the story;first, second, third omniscient 

Poem with a musical rhythm, and topics often explore romantic feelings or other strong emotions

A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work. 

Ideas

The repetition of words that sound alike but do not rhyme exactly. Example; grove and love

A writer’s distinctive “sound” or way ofspeaking on page. Eg fast, slow, blunt, meandering

A stanza, or section, of a poem made up of four lines usually with a rhythm and rhyme scheme.

A pair of lines in a poem that are the same length and usually rhyme & form a complete thought

A special form of language, spoken by aparticular group or region

A character, place, thing or event that stands for something else.

The writer’s attitude toward his audience and subject. Eg playful, serious, formal

soft C, soft G, L, M, N, R

Authors choice of words, especially use of slang and colloquial language and level offormality

hard C, hard G, B, D, P, T

A figure of speech where one thing is spoken of as if it were something else without like or as

Repetition of final consonant sounds in syllables with different vowel sounds as in hat and sit

Verse form with a set number of syllables that uses imagery to convey a single emotion.

A figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two dissimilar items

Rhyming within a line. Example:I awoke to black flak.     

Poetry not written in a regular pattern of meter or rhyme.

where stanzas are separated