a long poem that follows the adventures of someone famous

when a sentence in a poem carries over to the next line, the opposite of an "end-stopped line"

the things a word makes us think of/feel

a poetry structure where each line is the same length

What is alliteration?

repeated letter sounds, assonance & consonance

a poem that isn't written down, a long poem with repeated parts, like a song, a long poem that tells a story

when a speaker references a famous book/event in history

What is a double rhyme?

trochaic rhyme, "misery" and "livery", words that rhyme in more than one place

repeated consonant letter sounds

What is an "end-stopped line" of poetry?

when a line of poetry ends with a period, when the sentence in a poem ends at the end of a line

What is an explication?

what we call an analysis when its about poetry

What is the audience of a poem?

the person the poem is directed at

the dictionary definition of a word

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Poetry Terminology Part 1

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What is an epic?
a long poem that has repeated sections like a song
a long poem that describes nature
a love poem
a long poem that follows the adventures of someone famous
2
What is enjambment?
when a sentence in a poem carries over to the next line
the opposite of an "end-stopped line"
when we have to pause in the middle of a poem
when a sentence in a poem ends with a period
3
What is connotation?
repeated vowel sounds
the things a word makes us think of/feel
the dictionary definition of a word
repeated consonant sounds
4
What is a caesura?
a comparison between 2 unlike things
poems about nature
a pause in the poem
words that rhyme in more than one way
5
What is blank verse?
a poetry structure where each line is the same length
a poetry structure used for songs
a poetry structure where each line always rhymes
a poetry structure where nothing ever rhymes
6
What is alliteration?
repeated letter sounds
a comparison using "like" or "as"
when 2 things are being compared
assonance & consonance
7
What is a ballad?
a poem that isn't written down
a long poem about a famous person's life
a long poem with repeated parts, like a song
a long poem that tells a story
8
What is an allusion?
how the speaker feels about the subject of the poem
when a speaker talks to someone who isn't there/alive
when a speaker references a famous book/event in history
how the poem makes us feel
9
What is a double rhyme?
trochaic rhyme
"misery" and "livery"
words at the end of a line of poetry that rhyme
words that rhyme in more than one place
10
What is consonance?
repeated vowel letter sounds
repeated consonant letter sounds
when 2 words look like they rhyme, but they don't
words that rhyme
11
What is an "end-stopped line" of poetry?
when a line of poetry ends with a period
when a line of poetry carries over onto the next line
the last two lines of a sonnet
when the sentence in a poem ends at the end of a line
12
What is assonance?
repeated consonant letter sounds
repeated vowel letter sounds
when a letter is repeated
when a line of poetry ends with a period
13
What is an explication?
what we call an analysis when its about poetry
the way a poem makes us feel
the part of a poem that gives us information
a comparison between two unlike things
14
What is the audience of a poem?
the person the poem is directed at
the person the poem is about
the person speaking in the poem
the person reading the poem
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What is denotation?
how a word makes us think/feel
repeated vowel sounds
the dictionary definition of a word
repeated consonant sounds

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