poetry terms mrs. bolger 2014. a. types of poems

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A. TYP

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POEMS

1. FREE VERSEPoetry that does not rhyme or

follow a predictable pattern

2. PERSONA POEMPoet becomes

someone/something else

3. APOSTROPHE POEMSpeaker of poem addresses

something not living

4. NARRATIVE/BALLAD POEMPoem tells a story

5. IMAGIST POEMA snapshot of a moment in

time

6. LYRIC POEMPoem expresses strong

emotions

7. DRAMATIC POEMCharacters talk

8. CONCRETE POEMA poem that takes the shape of

the subject

9. ODEPoetic form in which one

describes how/why someone/something is to be revered (loved)

10. CLERIHEWPoetic form of 4 lines with an

AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous

11. LIMERICKPoetic form of 5 lines with an

AABBA rhyme scheme that is often humorous

12. HAIKUJapanese style poem of 3 lines

and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature

B. FORM

13. LINEA horizontal group of words in

a poem, like a sentence

14. STANZAA vertical group of lines of a

poem, like a paragraph

15. LINE BREAKWhere a line ends

C. DIC

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16. SPEAKERThe person/thing in a poem

who is expressing an idea

17. MOODThe feeling associated with a

poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.

18. POETIC LICENSECreating new words,

sometimes by combining existing words

19. INVERSIONChanging the usual order of

words

20. IMAGERYCreating a picture with words

through sensory details

21. CONNOTATIONEmotional associations of

words

22. DENOTATIONThe literal meaning of words

(dictionary definition)

23. SIMILEComparing 2 unlike things with

like or as

24. METAPHORComparing 2 unlike things

without like or as

25. PERSONIFICATIONSomething nonhuman is given

human qualities

D. SOUND

EFFECTS

26. ONOMATOPOEIAWords that make the sound of

their action/definition

27. ALLITERATIONRepeating initial consonant

sound

28. REFRAINRepeating line/phrase at same

place in each stanza

29. RHYME/RHYME SCHEMERepeating the same sound in

2+ words (boy/toy); a set pattern of rhyme throughout a poem

30. RHYTHMA pattern of stressed and

unstressed syllables in a poem

31. REPETITIONRepeating a word or phrase for

emphasis