Poetic Terms
AP English Literature with Sullivan at Mount Michael Benedictine High School
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Haiku
Japanese poetic form with syllable pattern 5-7-5, usually with a focus on nature
Villanelle
19-line poem with five tercets and a quatrain, with alternating refrains: A1bA2 ab1 ab2 ab3 ab1 ab12
Narrative poetry
Poetic form that tells a story with plot, characters, setting, etc.
Ballad
A narrative poem with a regular rhyme and rhythm and a refrain
Sestina
An elaborate verse structure written in blank verse that consists of 6 stanzas of 6 lines each followed by a 3 line stanza. Final words of each line in the 1st stanza appear in variable order in the next 5 stanzas and are repeated in the middle and at the end of the 3 lines in the final stanza
Lyric poem
A poem expressing the thoughts and/or feelings of a single speaker
Elegy
A lyric poem lamenting the loss of a person or thing
Idyll/Pastoral
A type of lyric poem that glorifies the rural life, especially the life of a shepherd
ode
A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject, often addressed directly towards the subject
Shakespearian sonnet
14 line poem with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Spenserian sonnet
14 line poem with three quatrains linked by rhyme, followed by a final couplet:
abab bcbc cdcd ee
*Named for Edmund Spenser, an English poet
Petrarchan sonnet
14 line lyric poem with an octet and a sestet: abbaabba cdecde (or cdcdcd)
Sonnet
14 line lyric poem with a specific rhyme scheme, usually describing a situation, problem, or issue and then a resolution, answer, or reflection on the issue
apostrophe
when the speaker in a poem addresses a person or thing that is not present
blank verse
poetry that has a regular meter (rhythm) but no rhyme scheme
most commonly, this refers to iambic pentameter
free verse
poetry without a regular rhythm (meter) or rhyme scheme
meter
the regular pattern of rhythm in poetry
foot
one unit of rhythm in poetry, involving a group of two or three syllables and at least one stressed syllable
anapest
foot: u u /
u u /
understand
dactyl
foot: / u u
/ u u
desperate
iamb
foot: u /
u /
away
trochee
foot: / u
/ u
happy
spondee
foot: / /
/ /
Great Scott!
monometer
one foot
dimeter
two feet
trimeter
three feet
tetrameter
four feet
pentameter
five feet
hexameter
six feet
heptameter
seven feet
octameter
eight feet
nonameter
nine feet
refrain
repeated line or lines in a poem
stanza
a poetry paragraph, separated by line breaks or rhyme scheme
couplet
two lines of a poem, grouped together by rhyme
heroic couplet
a group of two lines that contains a complete thought
tercet
stanza of three lines
quatrain
stanza of four lines
quintain
stanza of five lines
sestet
stanza of six lines
septet
stanza of seven lines
octet
stanza of eight lines
caesura
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry due to some form of punctuation
enjambment
line of poetry runs on to the next line without a pause (punctuation)
end stop
final punctuation at the end of a line of poetry
alliteration
repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of nearby words
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
consonance
repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words
cacophony
words or lines that are meant to have a harsh sound
euphony
words or lines that are meant to have a pleasant, smooth sound
onomatopoeia
words that sound like what they mean, most often "sound effect" words--Boom! Crash! Hiss!
rhyme scheme
the pattern of end rhyme in a poem, marked by letters to match up the lines that correspond (e.g., abab cdcd)
end rhyme
rhyming words at the end of lines of poetry
internal rhyme
rhyming words within a line of poetry
feminine rhyme
words that rhyme more than one syllable, usually without a stress on the last syllable
grieving
leaving
masculine rhyme
simple rhyme of just one syllable
slant/imperfect rhyme
words that almost rhyme but not exactly
death/wealth
eye rhyme
words that look like they rhyme but do not when spoken aloud
love/prove
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Created: 2012-04-28
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