Duplicate of Poetry Terms

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

The implied attitude of a writer toward the subject and characters of a work

The voice or "persona" of a poem; it may or may not be the poet.

The way a poem is put together on the page

An educated guess made through observation; “reading between the lines”

The dictionary meaning of a word

A comparison between unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as

A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though

The author’s message in a poem

A literary device that repeats the same words, sounds or phrases to make an idea clearer

An object that stands for something more than its physical meaning

The pattern of rhymes in a poem, marked by letters to symbolize correspondences (abab)

Matching placement of vowel and consonant sounds in two or more words

When two or more words rhyme within the same line of poetry

The associations that a word invokes beyond to its literal or primary meaning

A pair of rhymed lines that may be part of a bigger stanza, or their own stanza in a poem

When words at the end of lines rhyme

The selection of words in a literary work; using the right word at the right time.

A group of lines of verse in a poem, usually set off from other groups by a space

The change in meaning, characters, or story line.

Giving human qualities to an object or animal

The general atmosphere created by the author's words; how the words affect the reader

The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words

An extreme exaggeration of something

The ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

Language use in which writers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words

The beat in a line of poetry

An individual fact or feature, or is a small or minor part of something

The toolbox a writer has when they write a poem

A brief reference something of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.