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Poetry Vocabulary
Poetry vocabulary terms
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Literature
12th Grade
12/06/2010

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Lyric
Definition
having the form and musical quality of a song
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Sonnet
Definition
14-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter
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Ode
Definition
poem of elaborate/irregular form and expressive of emotion
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Blank Verse
Definition
poem that doesn't rhyme
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Epic
Definition
long poetic composition centered upon a hero
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ballad
Definition
a simple poem, usually pertaining to romance
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haiku
Definition
5, 7, 5
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limerick
Definition
humorous, 5-line verse (aabba)
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tone
Definition
particular style or manner
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theme
Definition
unifying or dominant idea; topic
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meter
Definition
poetic measure; arrangement of words in verses
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rhyme scheme
Definition
the pattern of rhymes used in a poem (ababbcc)
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assonance
Definition
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
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consonance
Definition
repetition of consonants, especially at the end of words
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allitteration
Definition
two or more similar words in a word group
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onomatopoeia
Definition
use of imitative and naturally suggestive words (click, bing)
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cacophony
Definition
meaningless mixture of sounds
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metaphor
Definition
comparison of 2 unlike things (w/out explicit comparison such as like or as)
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simile
Definition
comparison with like/as
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conceit
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an elaborate, fanciful metaphor
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personification
Definition
giving a non-human thing human characteristics
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apostrophe
Definition
an address to someone/something not present or not existent
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metonymy
Definition
a name for something replaced with another name
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synecdoche
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a part is used for the whole or vice versa (12 hands on deck)
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hyperbole
Definition
exaggeration
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irony
Definition
an outcome of events different to what was expected
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symbolism
Definition
representing things with symbols or having symbolic meaning
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imagery
Definition
figurative description that produces pictoral images
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paradox
Definition
a seemingly self-contradiction
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oxymoron
Definition
to opposite words put together (jumbo shrimp)
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allusion
Definition
reference to someone or something
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