Poetry Terms

"sound effects"

repetition of final sounds

naming an object with a words closely associated with it

non-human takes on human qualities

19 line French poetic form

character who "plays against" another character

stands for itself and something else

a part of something that represents the whole

hidden or suggested meaning

the act of finding rhythm and rhyme patterns

exaggeration

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

repetition of initial vowel sounds

comparison using like or as

poem about death

14 line lyric poem

the "soul in action"

saying the opposite of what one means

a long, narrative poem

5 line non-sense poem from Ireland

Japanese three line poem

"random" rhythm and "random" rhyme

repetition of end sound

basic division of a poem

a sonnet consisting of an octave and a sestet

the first letter of every line spells the subject

comparison without using "like" or "as"

a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet

specific rhythm but lack of rhyme

repetition of initial consonant sounds