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