Test III. Vocabulary Poetry & Literary Devices

Japanese form of poetry usually reflecting on nature and feelings. There are three lines.

A major characters in a story, who encounter contradictory situations, & undergo transformation

A poem of fourteen lines that can have any of a number of formal rhyme schemes.

Is poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

A brief remark by a character expressing feelings to the audience, unheard by other characters.

The first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word.

A lengthy speech where a character alone on stage expresses his or her thoughts to the audience

Language that does not mean exactly what it says.

A five‐line poem with a specific rhyme and meter

A lengthy speech addressed to other characters on stage, not to the audience.