Poetry Vocabulary Types of Poem Epic Ode Hymn Dramatic Monologue Ballad Lyric Types of Lyric Poetry Elegy Aubade Shakespearean sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Villanelle Sound Effects Words Perfect exact rhyme ID: 762885
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Poetry Vocabulary
Types of Poem Epic Ode (Hymn) Dramatic Monologue Ballad Lyric
Types of Lyric Poetry Elegy Aubade Shakespearean sonnet Petrarchan sonnet Villanelle
Sound Effects: Words Perfect (exact) rhyme Slant (half, approximate) rhyme Alliteration Consonance Assonance
Sound Effects: Words Onomatopoeia
Sound Effects: Meter Meter Accent (stress) Foot Scansion Accentual-syllabic Verse
Sound Effects: Meter IAMBIC (the noun is "iamb"): an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable TROCHAIC (the noun is "trochee"): a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
Sound Effects: Meter ANAPESTIC (the noun is "anapest"): two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable DACTYLIC (the noun is "dactyl"): a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
Sound Effects: Meter SPONDAIC (the noun is "spondee"): any two syllables, sometimes a single word but not always, with strong accent on the first and second syllable PYRRHIC (the noun is pyrrhus): any two unaccented syllables.
Sound Effects: Meter Monometer = one foot Dimeter = two feet Trimeter = three feet Tetrameter = four feet
Sound Effects: Meter Pentameter = five feet Hexameter = six feet Most common in English poetry: iambic pentameter Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
Form Stanza Canto Couplet Tercet (triplet) Quatrain
Form Cinquain (Quintain) Seset Septet Octave (octet) Volta
Form Caesura Enjambment End-stopped line
Figurative Language Metaphor Simile Apostrophe Personification
Other Terms Diction Syntax Allusion Connotation Denotation
Other Terms Persona Imagery Motif Symbol Theme Carpe diem