POETRY TERMS ...
Alliteration: Alliteration is when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
Couplet: A couplet is two lines put together that rhyme.
Hyperbole: A statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken seriously.
Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that makes a hidden comparison between to things or objects that are different without using like or as.
Rhyme scheme: The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the line of a poem or a verse.
Internal Rhyme: A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
End Rhyme: It is the rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry.
Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word, such as boom and sizzle, by imitation of a sound.
Personification: The act of giving human qualities to an animal, object, or thing.
Repetition: The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Rhythm: A pattern of flow or movement.
Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.
Stanza: An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
Pun: It is loosely defined as a play on the sound of words to achieve a certain effect. A pun can make you laugh or think.
Triplet: It is a rare tercet, or three lined stanza or poem.
Verse: A single line in a poem.
Assonance: It takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sound.
Haiku: It has three lines, where the first and last lines have 5 moras (they are like syllables), while the middle line has seven.
Ballad: A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung and consisting of simple stanzas.
Ode: A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing.
Epic: Noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events.
Elegy: A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
Allusion: An implied or indirect references to a person, event, or thing.
Alliteration: Alliteration is when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound.
Couplet: A couplet is two lines put together that rhyme.
Hyperbole: A statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken seriously.
Imagery: Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Metaphor: It is a figure of speech that makes a hidden comparison between to things or objects that are different without using like or as.
Rhyme scheme: The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the line of a poem or a verse.
Internal Rhyme: A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
End Rhyme: It is the rhyming of words at the ends of lines of poetry.
Onomatopoeia: The formation of a word, such as boom and sizzle, by imitation of a sound.
Personification: The act of giving human qualities to an animal, object, or thing.
Repetition: The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Rhythm: A pattern of flow or movement.
Simile: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.
Stanza: An arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
Pun: It is loosely defined as a play on the sound of words to achieve a certain effect. A pun can make you laugh or think.
Triplet: It is a rare tercet, or three lined stanza or poem.
Verse: A single line in a poem.
Assonance: It takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sound.
Haiku: It has three lines, where the first and last lines have 5 moras (they are like syllables), while the middle line has seven.
Ballad: A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung and consisting of simple stanzas.
Ode: A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing.
Epic: Noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events.
Elegy: A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
Quatrain: A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
Allusion: An implied or indirect references to a person, event, or thing.