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Poetry Terms. Mrs. Bolger 2014. A. Types of poems. 1. Free verse. Poetry that does not rhyme or follow a predictable pattern. 2. Persona poem. Poet becomes someone/something else. 3. Apostrophe poem. Speaker of poem addresses something not living. 4. narrative/ballad poem. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
POETRY
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A. TYPES OF
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. DRAMATIC POEMCharacters talk
7. CONCRETE POEMA poem that takes the shape of
the subject
8. ODEPoetic form in which one
describes how/why someone/something is to be revered (loved)
9. CLERIHEWPoetic form of 4 lines with an
AABB rhyme scheme about a famous person, often humorous
10. LIMERICKPoetic form of 5 lines with an
AABBA rhyme scheme that is often humorous
11. HAIKUJapanese style poem of 3 lines
and 17 syllables (5-7-5) usually about nature
B. FORM
T H E UN I Q
U E SH A P E O
F A P
O E M
12. LINEA horizontal group of words in
a poem, like a sentence
13. STANZAA vertical group of lines of a
poem, like a paragraph
14. LINE BREAKWhere a line ends
C. DICTIO
N
W R I TE R ’ S
CH O I C
E OF W
O R D S
15. SPEAKERThe person/thing in a poem
who is expressing an idea
16. MOODThe feeling associated with a
poem, such as happy, angry, hopeful, etc.
17. POETIC LICENSECreating new words,
sometimes by combining existing words
18. INVERSIONChanging the usual order of
words
19. IMAGERYCreating a picture with words
through sensory details
20. CONNOTATIONEmotional associations of
words
21. DENOTATIONThe literal meaning of words
(dictionary definition)
22. SIMILEComparing 2 unlike things with
like or as
23. METAPHORComparing 2 unlike things
without like or as
24. PERSONIFICATIONSomething nonhuman is given
human qualities
D. SOUND
EFFECTS
25. ONOMATOPOEIAWords that make the sound of
their action/definition
26. ALLITERATIONRepeating initial consonant
sound
27. REFRAINRepeating line/phrase at same
place in each stanza
28. RHYME/RHYME SCHEMERepeating the same sound in
2+ words (boy/toy); a set pattern of rhyme throughout a poem
29. RHYTHMA pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a poem
30. REPETITIONRepeating a word or phrase for
emphasis