Transcript Poetry Terms

Alliteration
 The repetition of initial identical consonant
sounds.
 Example:
“Homesick for home Daedalus hated Crete”
Approximate Rhyme
 Sounds are similar but not exact.
Assonance
 The repetition of vowel sounds.
 Example:
“My words like silent raindrops fell”
“All looked up in absolute amazement”
End Rhyme
 Rhymes that occur at the end of a line of poetry.
Figurative Language
 Figurative language is language that uses words or
expressions with a meaning that is different from the
literal interpretation. Figurative language, in
comparison, uses exaggerations or alterations to make
a particular linguistic point. Figurative language is very
common in poetry, but is also used in prose and
nonfiction writing as well.
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/Figurative-Language.html
Folk Ballad
 Poem passed by word of mouth from one generation to
another.
 Blues music can find its roots in folk ballads that were
often sung. Folk ballads often reflect elements region
and culture.
imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
“Preludes” by T. S. Eliot.
The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
Imaginative Language
 Words use to arouse the reader’s feelings.
Internal Rhyme
 Rhyming within a line.
Literary Ballad
 Imitates the form and spirit of a folk ballad.
Lyrical Poetry
Poetry in which the speaker reveals personal thoughts
and feelings.
Metaphor
 Figure of speech that makes a comparison between
two unlike things, in which one thing becomes
another thing without the use of the word like, as,
than or resembles.
Narrative Poetry
 Poetry that tells a story, has a plot and characters.
Onomotopoeia
 The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or
suggests the sound of what it describes.
 Examples:
“Snap” “Crackle” “Pop” “Buzz” “Sizzle”
Parallelism
 Repeating of phrases/sentences so that the repeated
parts are alike.
Personification
 Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or
quality is talked about as if it were human.
Poetic Speaker
 The voice of a poem.
Repetition
 The repeating of sounds, letters, words, or lines, which
helps give poetry its meaning, form and sound.
Rhyme Scheme
 The pattern of rhymes formed by the end rhyme in a
poem.
The Outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: (a)
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play. (a)
And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same, (b)
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. (b)
Rhythm
 Rhythm is a musical quality produced by the
repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Rhythm occurs in all forms of language, both written
and spoken, but is particularly important in poetry
Sensory Language
 Language that appeals to the senses and represents
concrete objects, people, or events.
Simile
 A comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or
"as.”
 For example: “My love is like a red, red rose"