AP Lit & Comp Poetry Terms

the repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a line

metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break such as a dash or other punctuation

resemblance in sound between 2 words or an initial rhyme. Shared consonants.

grouping of lines separated from others in a poem

brief reference to a biblical, historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event or movement

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part

elements of a poem that invoke all of the 5 senses to make a set of mental images

unrhyming iambic pentameter, aka heroic verse

line/verse composed of 2 feet

figure of speech made up of a striking exaggeration

occurs when character says something w/ underlying meanings that contrast with literal meaning

figure of speech that brings together contradictory words for effect (jumbo shrimp)

rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse

a metrical line of 6 feet, most often dactylic and found in classical Latin/Greek poetry

stop/pause in a metrical line, often marked by a punctuation or a grammatical boundary

has one metrical foot

an address to a dead/absent person, or inanimate object

a substitution where a word or phrase is used in place of another word or phrase

metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable

formal often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses & often celebrates a person, place thing

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

figure of speech uses word that imitates it's sound (boom, hiss, buzz)

poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader and subject matter

comparison using like or as

rhyme where the sounds are similar but not exactly the same

analysis of metrical patterns in poem its lines into feet & unstressed syllables & major pauses

a phrase/line repeated at intervals within a poem (especially at the end of a stanza)

metrical foot that has an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable

14 line poem consisting of an octave w/ the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with cdecde

nonliteral use of language that creates emotion

occurs when actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended

a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly

figure of speech giving non animated objects human like qualities

6 line stanza, or last 6 lines of a 14 line Italian sonnet

figure of speech to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is

literal/dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its associated meanings

poem written with nonmetric, non rhyming lines that closely follow the rhythms of speech

usually a melancholy poem that laments its subject's death but ends in consolation

something that expresses a change in the poem

pair of successive rhyming lines, of the same length

figure of speech, is seemingly self contradictory phrase or concept that illuminates a truth

line made up of 5 feet (most common in English)

14 line poem written in iambic pentameter w/ rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef and a couplet is gg

a metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable

line made up of 4 feet

popular narrative song passed down orally, normally follows a rhyme of abcb

running over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next without end punctuation

metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by 2 accented syllables

4 line stanza that rhymes (ABAC or ABCB)

metrical lines in which the middle words and end words rhyme with each other

line of 3 metrical feet

8 line stanza of a poem

repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants, sometimes called a vowel rhyme

comparison between 2 unlike things that continues throughout a series of lines in a poem

occurs when audience knows more about causes of conflicts & their resolution than characters do

a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry

comparison made directly (without using like or as)

metrical foot that has 2 unaccented syllables

pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry