Word List - Poetry Alliteration Connotation Denotation Figurative Language Metaphor Meter Personification Poem Prose Repetition Rhyme Rhyme Scheme Rhythm Simile Speaker Stanza Symbolism Theme Tone Definitions Alliteration (uhlihturayshuhn) noun Repetition of a sound through a line of poetry. Connotation (konuhtayshuhn) noun feelings and associations that a poem stirs in the reader Denotation noun The exact, dictionary meaning of a particular word Figurative Language 1. words that describe something by making comparisons 2. language that connot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling Metaphor (mEHtuhfawr) noun Meter (meetur) noun,verb a comparison between two unlike things. the arrangement of beats in a line of poetry Personification (pursonuhfuhkayshuhn) noun giving human traits to non-living things. Poem (pohuhm) noun A piece of writing which uses a variety of poetic devices to create meaning which may vary from one person to the next. Prose (prohz) noun all written language that is not poetry; written in paragraph form. Repetition (rEHpuhtihshuhn) noun song Rhyme (riim) noun,verb Rhyme Scheme noun having the same or similar sounds the rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. Rhythm (rihthuhm) noun Simile a poetic device where a phrase or word is repeated as in the chorus of a The pulse beat or measured flow of a poem. comparing two things using like or as Speaker (speekur) noun The person who speaks in a poem. Stanza (stanzuh) noun A division of a poem (similiar to a paragraph) consisting of a series of lines, usually in a pattern of meter and rhythym Symbolism (sihmbuhlihzuhm) noun Using words, phrases, pictures or images of the mind to represent meaning within a work of literature (e.g. red rose = love; dove = peace) Theme (theem) noun 1. An essay (especially one written as an assignment). 2. Central idea of a work of literature. Tone (tohn) noun,verb author's attitude towards subject & audience