poetry
the language of pictures and music
trope
specific figure of speech
meter and rhyme
the music of poetry contains these two parts
narrative poetry
poems that tell stories
nature poetry
poems about creation
love poetry
poems that sing of friendship or romantic love
descriptive poetry
poems that explain or describe something
historical poetry
poems about countries, peoples, wars, etc
religious poetry
poems about God or man’s relationship with Him
humorous poetry
poems to make you laugh
simile
a figure of speech that compares two dissimilar things using the words LIKE, AS, or THAN
rhyme scheme
combination of letters which represent the rhyming pattern of a poem
stanza
a paragraph of poetry
blank verse
poetry that doesn’t rhyme
full rhyme
a pair of words ending with exact-sounding vowels and consonants; produces a clean and predictable effect
slant rhyme
a pair of words ending with approximate-sounding vowels or consonants; create a feeling of tension or unease
metaphor
a figure of speech in which an object is being called something which it is not because of a similarity between the two
