poetry terms #2

eight metrical feet

extended metaphor, i.e., the cat in "Elegy to a Favourite Cat"

figure of speech where a small piece of something stands i for something larger

five metrical feet; iambic most common

four metrical feet; common

from the Greek for "poem in couplets" or "song"; earliest were for soldiers as they left for battle

historically consistent elements that a reader has come to expect from a particular kind of poetry

in metaphor, the subject being illustrated

line of six metrical feet; not common in English poetry

line runs into next line; opposite of end-stopped; a continuation of the sense & grammatical construction beyond the end of a line of verse or the end of a couplet

metaphor drawn from the context; i.e., "paleface" for a white man

metaphor that uses like or as

metrical foot composed of two equally accented syllables

unequal stanzas; opposite of homostrophic

opposite of literal; use of words, phrases, symbols, & ideas in such a way as to invoke mental images & sense impressions

regular rhyming stanza format w/ repetition & refrains; origins in oral poetry

poetic rhythm or cadence as determined by the syllables in a line of poetry with respect to quantity & accent; also meter & metrical foot

poetry written without rhyme or specific meter; a fluid form which conforms to no set rules of traditional versification

recurring rhythmic pattern in a poem that establishes the internal structure of the lines & in some cases whole stanzas; aka measure

refers to presence of a metrical norm or pattern within poems that are are loose enough to be considered free verse

single metrical foot; rare to find an entire poem constructed with it