Poetry Lingo

a word that sounds like what it means

poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter

a figure of speech that makes a comparision between two things using connecting verbs such as "like" or "as"

Love is like a battlefield. This is an example of:

the poetic form that includes narrative elements such as plot, characters, setting, etc.

a unified group of lines in poetry; this is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem

Love is a battlefield. This is an example of:

a figure of speech comparing two things without using connecting words such as "like" or "as"

Ivan will try to light the fire. This is an example of:

repetition of a vowel sound in a chunk of text

an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels in a chunk of text

a brief reference to a well-known literary or cultural work of art

the central message/lesson the poet is trying to deliver to the reader

the author's specific word choice

buzz, click, boom. This is an example of:

the pattern of rhyme, usually indicated by assigning a letter of the alphabet to each rhyme at end of a line of poetry

a poem in which a single speaker expresses his/her thoughts and emotions

the author's attitude towards a subject or character

A worm named Marice took the garden by storm. This is an example of:

the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

same beginning sound