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| unit of measurement with three syllables: first two unstressed, the last one stressed |
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| the repetition of initial consonant sounds or of the same consonant |
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| address to an absent figure or thing as if it were present or could listen |
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| repetition in words of proximity of identical vowel sounds preceded and followed by different consonant sounds |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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| unit of measurement with three syllables: the first stressed, the other two unstressed |
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| word choice. in poetry the use of a whole range of language including figurative lang, metaphor, etc. |
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| speech sproken entirely by one character to an implied audience. the speech reveals not only a situation but, sometimes unwittingly, the perosnality or character flaws of the speaker. |
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| Shakespearean sonnet. poem of 14 lines with abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme |
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| the basic unit of measurement in a line of poetry |
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| unrhymed lines of varying length with no fixed metrics |
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| japanese form with three lines of five, seven and five syllables |
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| figurative language using deliberate overstatement for effect |
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| unit of measurement with two syllables: first unstressed, then stressed. |
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| also known as Petrarchan sonnet. 14 lines with abbaabba cdcdcd rhyme scheme |
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| the imaginative comparison of two unlike things, usually so that the qualities of the thing being compared can be made more vivid or meaningful. the key to metaphor is in the implicit identification of the two terms (eyes are pools), saying what otherwise cannot be said. simile is a metaphor introduced by the terms "like" or "as," different only in intensity of comparison. |
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| the pattern of stressed sounds |
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| figurative language in which a word or phrase stands not for itself but for something closely related to it. |
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| use of words that imitate sounds |
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| An apparent deep or absurd contradiction, used at times to suggest emotional or spiritual truth. local form =oxymoron" |
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| a line with five units of measurement |
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| a type of metaphor in which something nonhuman is given human traits |
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| the study of the art of versification, including its diction, sound effects, and patterns |
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| repetition of the identical or similar stressed sounds. Eye-rhyme denotes sounds that are not identical but look as though they should be (come-home), Half-rhyme is repetition in accented syallables of the final consonant sound but without identity in the preceding vowel sound: mirth-forth. |
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| stresses at regular intervals |
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| a line that carries its sense over into the next line without a syntactical pause |
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| ridicule of human foibles, pride, or evil in order to correct |
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| poem of six six-line stanzas in which the words at the end of the first six lines are repeated in a specific, shifting order throughout. |
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| figure of speech in which the part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part (he's a good "hand" meaning the work habits of the person) |
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| in lit, the attitude of the speaker or narrator towards subject or audience |
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| unit of measurement with two syllables: first stressed then unstressed |
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| literally a "twist" or "turn." Gen. term used to describe the effect of many figures of speech like mataphors, which "turn" the meaning of a word. used in the study of rhetoric and by recent critics |
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| poem in five tercets (aba) and a final quatrain (abaa) featuring the repetition of lines one and three at designated points in each stanza |
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| brief subjective poem characterized by musicality and strong emotion |
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| 4 qualities of poetic language that distinguish it from prose by stephen minnow |
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1. unit of attention is line, not sentence
2. heightened use of sound
3. poetic rhythms
4. density of language achieved through figurative language |
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