Poetry Terms

When something stands for or represents an idea or emotion.

The feeling created in the reader by the poem or story.

Exaggeration for effect; often humorous.

The use of words that appeal to your five senses.

A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

A mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

The emotional response or suggestion that a word triggers within you.

The meaning of the word you will find in the dictionary

The repetition of the same consanant sound at the beginings of several words of a line of poetry or a sentence.

A writer's choice of words.

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.

Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds.

Voice that is talking to the reader in a poem

A lyric poem that is very serios and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure. A tribute.

A poem that tells a story and usually contains all of the elements of fiction.

A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word(s) like, as, than

Made up of all the tools that a poet uses to create a special effect or feeling.

The attitude taken by the author or speaker toward the subject of the work.

The main idea, or meaning behind the poem.

Something with which the reader is likely to be familiar, such as a person, place, or event from history or literature.

Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.

The pattern of rhymes formed by the end rhyme in a poem

Poetry that does not tell a story but is aimed only at expressing a speaker's emotions or thoughts.

Fourteen- line luric poem that has one of several rhyme schemes.

A poem that tells a story similar to a folktale or legend. Often has a repeated refrain.

A metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

The repetition of similar sounds.