Litereary Poem Notes
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Essay title: Litereary Poem Notes
Literary Terms for Poetry
1. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds
2. Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables
3. Blank Verse: Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines
4. Concrete Poem: A poem with a shape that suggests it's subject
5. Consonance: the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables
6. Couplet: A pair of rhyming lines usually of the same length and meter
7. Dramatic Poetry: Poetry that involves the techniques of drama
8. Epic: A long narrative poem about the deed of gods and heroes
9. Extended Metaphor: A subject is spoken or written of as though it were something else
10. Free Verse: Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
11. Haiku: Japanese poem written in 5-7-5 needs to convey a single vivid emotion by means of images from nature
12. Lyric Poem: A highly musical verse that expresses the observations of the writer
13. Mood: The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage. The mood is often suggested by descriptive details
14. Onomatopoeia: The use of words that imitate sounds
15. Parody: A work done in imitation of another, usually in order to mock it, but sometimes just in fun
16. Personification: