Poetry Terms from Tests

The immediate subject of a metaphor, "carries" the meaning of the tenor

An ancient Scandinavian poet, especially of the Viking period

A piece intended to excite laughter and depending less on plot than on improbable situations

Full or partial repetition of a word, phrase, or clause throughout a stanza or poem

Any violation of prescriptive grammatical rules

u okay fam??

A form of light verse that concerns a person, whose name makes up the first line of a quatrain

Art that admits that it is not transparent but opaque - not life or even like life

The adding of one figure to another, that the meaning of the statement is reduced to nonsense

The use of a pair of opposites to mean a whole. Ex: the long and the short of it = whole story.

Extra accented syllables at the beginning of a verse before the real meter of the line begins

The ultimate or ulterior intentional subject of a metaphor

The interchange of position between sounds in a word. Ex: "pretty" sounding like "perty"

Another word for metalepsis

The concurrent response of two or more of the senses to the stimulation of one. Ex: loud shirt

A work of fiction, a major concern of which is the nature of fiction itself

A stanza of 3 lines - a triplet - in which each line ends with the same line

An word meaning "smoked" that refers to a quality of smokily obscuring details in a painting

A long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of high position in adventures

A work having to do with the land of the dead, especially a visit by a living person

A modern movement that promotes brevity, economy, and modesty; "less is more"

In modern use, any poet; technically refers to the early poets of the Celts

A sketch or brief narrative characterized by precision and delicacy

Stressed, Unstressed

Pleasing sounds

The use of superfluous syllables or words; may consist of needless repetition or too many words

Repetition of initial identical consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive syllables

One or more words repeated at intervals in a poem. More regular than Repetend.

The semblance of truth

The 19th century literary movement of Oscar Wilde, known for the use of "art for art's sake"