Understanding and Enjoying Poetry

Kind of poetry that doesn't have a consistent stress pattern

Level of poetry analysis that identifies and interprets the symbols in a poem

Stressed-unstressed-unstressed pattern, as in "Elephant"

Metaphors are a kind of figurative language that compare two things using "like" or "as"

Unstressed-unstressed-stressed pattern, as in "underSTAND"

Vivid language that appeals to the five senses

Any language that compares two things

Level of poetry analysis that finds the surface meaning of the poem

When the sound at the end of a word repeats across poetry lines

Type of figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as"

An iambic line of poetry in which the pattern repeats three times

Anything that stands for/represents something else

The process of dividing a poem into syllables, determining with syllables have stress, and determining its meter

Unstressed-stressed pattern, as in "beLONG"

Type of figurative language that gives human qualities to inhuman things

Level of poetry analysis that involves finding any metaphors, similes, or personification in the poem

Level of poetry analysis that looks for patterns in sound like rhyme and meter

The pattern of rhyme in a poem as represented by a series of letters

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the line of a poem

Stressed-unstressed pattern, as in "PANther"

Two lines of poetry that rhyme and come one right after the other

A single unit of stress pattern