One of the three major types of literature.

Makes use of highly concise, musical, and emotionally charged language.

The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of the poem, often not identified by name; can be a person, animal, thing, or abstraction.

A single string of words in a poem

A repeated grouping of two or more lines in a poem that often show a pattern of rhythm and rhyme.

Four line grouping in a poem

Eight line grouping in a poem. In sonnets, often poses a question or problem

A six-line grouping in a poem

The running on of sense from the end of a line of verse into the next without a punctuated pause. Adds rhythmic diversity.

A highly musical verse that expresses the thoughts, observations, and feelings of a single speaker

A poem that tells a story

Descriptive language used to create word pictures – appeals to the senses. Can be a vivid description or figurative language.

Reference to something well known, creates connections.

The patterns of beats, or stresses, in spoken or written language.

The rhythmical pattern of a poem, determined by the number and types of stresses/beats in each line

Marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.

groups of stressed and unstressed syllables, divided by a line

A foot with one unstressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (u/)

A foot with one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (/u)

a verse written in five-foot lines

The repetition of sounds at the end of words; occurs due to a repetition of accented vowel sounds and any sounds following them in words close together in a poem

Occurs when rhyming words come at the ends of lines

Occurs when rhyming words appear in the same line

A.k.a.

a half rhyme or a near rhyme, the rhyme is imperfect and approximate

A regular pattern of rhyming words in poem. Ex. is ABAB CDCD.

A pair of rhyming lines, usually of the same length and meter. Often used in English sonnets; links two ideas together.

The repetition of similar initial consonant sounds.

The repetition of similar vowel sounds.

a metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or even throughout the entire poem

A writer’s (or speaker’s) choice of words; contributes to style.

The return or recurring use of a word or phrase in a poem or piece of literature; used for effect.

All of the meanings, associations, and emotions that have come to be attached to some words.

The literal dictionary definition of a word

A 14-line lyric poem, traditionally written in iambic pentameter and has one of several rhyme schemes.

Lines of the sonnet are divided into 3 quatrains and 1 couplet.

Rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Lines of the sonnet are divided into an octave and a sestet. Rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

the shift or transition in thought, emotion, or meaning in a sonnet.

Poetry that does not have a set/regular meter or rhyme scheme.

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter (meter, but no rhyme scheme). Most of Shakespeare’s plays are written in this form.

The devices a writer uses to influence the audience in favor of his/her argument.

A type of repetition in which a grammatical structure or arrangement of words is repeated to create rhythm, momentum, and emphasis.

Restating an idea using the same words.

Expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points

Drawing a comparison that shows a similarity between two unlike things; similes and metaphors are types of this

Questions asked for effect rather than for a direct answer