Poetry Vocabulary Words

A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry

Rhyme occurring within one single line of poetry

Author's attitude towards the subject

14 line poem, typically iambic pent. which follows a pattern of stanza divide and rhyme scheme

Figure of speech directly comparing two unlike things without using like or as

A 4 line stanza

Indirect reference to a well-known person, character, place, event, concept, or literary work

Figure of speech using like or as to compare two unlike things

Metaphor used throughout a paragraph, a stanza, or an entire work

Repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of non-rhyming words or stressed syllables

Repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in the stresses syllables of neighboring words

The voice speaking in the poem

Includes words with sounds which are similar but not identical

Anything which represents something else, usually something abstract

Group of lines forming a unit in poetry

A pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to make a point, to express an emotion, or evoke humor

Two consecutive, often rhymed, lines of poetry that work together as a unit

Emotional quality of a literary work; how it makes the reader feel

Writer's choice of words

Move or change that is often indicated by the use of stanza shift or words such as but/however

Word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of which it describes

Figure of speech which an animal, force of nature, idea, inanimate object has human qualities

Descriptive language which appeals to one or more of the 5 senses

Repetition of consonant sounds nearby non-rhyming words