Poetry Vocab

any light,simple song especially one of sentimental or romantic character , having 2 or more stanza all to the melody

A short poem consisting of five usually unrhymed lines containing respectively 2,4,6,8, and 2 syllables

a pair of successive lines of verse especially a pair that rhyme and are the same length

a japanese poem of three lines that present of nature : the first line has 5 syllables the 2 line has 7 and the 3rd has 5

A humorous poem of 5 lines that usually rhyme ; Lines 1,2, and 5 are triplet and 3,4 are a couplet

A short poem that expresses personal feeling , often in a musical voice

a 14 line poem that states the poet's personal feeling

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A comparison that is implied and does NOT use "like" or "as"

Giving an inanimate object human characteristics

Words that are put together that are opposites

a word that is an imitation of a sound

Repeat the same consonants sound for 2 or more words

An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually 4 or more , sometime having fixed length , meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a diversion of a poem

Identity in sound of some part especially the end , of words or lines of verse

Is the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

An exaggeration or overstatement used for comic effect or to increase emotion

Poetry that tells a story in verse

Poems that are shaped like their subjects

Create a picture in the mind of a reader through words