AP Lit Poetry Analysis Words

usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme

what is suggested by a word apart from what it actually means or how it's defined in the dictionary

the repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words

placing two or more things next to each other to highlight their difference to create contrast or emphasis

the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning

a turn of thought or argument in a poem

the use of words in a literary work

the person who's the voice of the poem

the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

figure of speech involving the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines/sentences

the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginnings of words

the images of a literary work; sensory details of a work; figurative language of a work

a line with a pause at the end

figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without a comparative term(like, as, or than)

a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work(usually something well-known in literature)

the ordering of words into patterns or sentences

the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next

a pause, usually near the middle of a line or verse(usually greater than a normal pause or stop)

a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

a directly expressed comparison; a figure of speech comparing two objects usually using a comparative term(like or as)