English Vocab (poetry)

the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another

a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something nonhuman as if it were present adn capable of responding

the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together

a song or songlike poem that tells a story

poetry writen in unrhymed iambic pentameter

a subdivision in a long poem, corresponding to a chapter in a book

a fanciful and elaborate figure of sppech that makes a surprising connection between two seemingly dissimilar things

all the meanings, associations, or emotions a word suggests

the repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

a writer's or speaker's choice of words

a harsh, discordant combination of sounds

the opposite of euphony, a pleasant, harmonious combination fo sounds

a poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remain silent or whose replies are not revealed

a poem that mourns t he death of a person or laments something lost

a line of poetry in which the meter and the meaning conclude with the end of the line

a long narrative poem tha trelates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society

a brief, clever and usually memorable statement

an inscription on a tombstone or a commemorative poem written about a person who has died

an adjective or other descriptive phrase tha tis regularly used to characterize a person, place or thingq

poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme

language that intentionally departs from the normal construction or meaning of words in order to create a certain effect or to make an analogy between two seemingly dissimilar things

a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

a figure of speech that uses exaggeratoin to express strong emotion or create a comic effect

a line of poetry made up of five iambs

language tha tpapeals to the senses

a device widely used in ballads whereby a line or liens are repeated with slight variations from stanza to stanza

poetry that focuses on expressing emotions or thoughts, rather than on telling a story

poetry that focuses on expressing emotions or thoughts, rather than on telling a story

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a connective word, like, as, than, or resembles

a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poery

a term applied to the poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and other seventeenth century poets who wrote in a similarly difficult and abstract style

a figure of speech in which something closely related to a thing or suggested by it is substituted for the thing itself

a comic narrative poem that parodies the epic by treating a trivial subject in a lofty, grand manner

an eight-line stanza or poem or the first eight lines of an Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet

a complex, generally long lyric poem on a serious subject

the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory or incongruous ideas

the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical sturcutre or that restate a similar idea

a type of poem tha tdepicts rustic life in idyllic, idealized terms

a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human

a four-line stanza or poem or a group of lfour liens unified by a rhyme scheme

a repeated word, phrase, line or group of linesq

the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds folling them in words that are close togeth in a poem; most common is end; internal occurs within lines

the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables in language; the most obvious is produced by meter

a six-line stanza or poem or the last six lines of an Italian, or Petrachan, sonnet

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between tow seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as line, as, than, or resembles

a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, tha thas one of several rhyme schemes; oldest form is Italian or Petrarchan

the imaginary voice, or persona, assumed by the author of a poem

speaker

a term coined by Gerard Manley Hopkins to designate his unconventional use of poetic meter

In literature, a term used for descriptions of one kind of sensation in terms of another

a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself

exaggerating some trait that the character has

character that barely changes

a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally disover everybody' face but their own

not getting the satire

an apparent contradicton that is somehow true

Each leading character in the twelve projected books was to embody one virtue or quality; taken together, they would characterize a truly noble person; a story in which the charactes, settings and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

a shift in focus or thought

wildly extravagant exaggeration

the opposite of an exaggeratoin

recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the test's major themes