Poetry

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Poetry
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Add the following literary terms to your notes
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• Types of Poetry.

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Narrative Poetry

• A verse of poetry that tells a story.

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Dramatic Poetry

• A verse of poetry that relies heavily on dramatic
  elements such as monologue or dialogue.

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Lyric Poetry

• A highly musical poetry verse that expresses the
  emotions of the speaker.

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Sonnet

• A 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter,
  that follows one of the number of different rhyme
  schemes.

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Ode

• A lofty lyric poem on a serious theme.

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Free Verse

• Poetry that avoids use of regular rhyme, rhythm,
  meter, or division into stanzas.

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Elegiac Lyric

• Poem that expresses a speakers feelings of loss,
  often because of the death of a loved one or
  friend.

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Image

• The vivid mental picture created in the readers
  mind by the language.

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• Techniques of Poetry.

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Meter

• The rhythmical pattern of the poem.

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Foot

• The unit of rhythm consisting of strongly and
  weakly stressed syllables.

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Pentameter

• 5 units of rhythm within a poem consists of 5
  stressed syllables and 5 unstressed syllables

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Iambic Pentameter

• A poetic foot containing one weakly stressed
  syllable followed by one strongly stressed
  syllable for a succession of 5 times.
• Example afraid The weakly stressed syllable
  is the first syllable.

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Stanza

• The basic unit of a poem length can vary

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Couplet

• A form of stanza within a poem.
• 2 Lines -couple often rhymes, but doesnt have
  to rhyme.

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Quatrain

• A stanza containing four lines.
• Does not have to rhyme.

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Sestet

• A 6 lined stanza within a poem.

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Octave

• An 8 lined stanza within a poem.

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• Techniques of Poetry Sound..

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Rhythm

• A pattern of beats and stresses in a line of
  verse or prose.

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Rhyme

• The repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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End Rhyme

• The use of rhyming words at the ends of lines

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Internal Rhyme

• The use of rhyming words within lines

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Alliteration

• The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
• Example Sally sold seashells at the seashore.

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Assonance

• The repetition of vowel sounds.
• Example molten golden notes

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Onomatopoeia

• The use of words or phrases that sound like the
  items to which they refer.
• Examples Buzz, Hiss, Boo, Bam, Pow, Zoom

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• I hope you enjoyed reading and learning the
  terminology of Poetry