poetry terms (1)

 

Poetry 
Terms 

By  
 
Samuel McKeever, Sadie Mayhew, Addysen Weatherholtz 

 

 
Personification 

 

I chose this picture because, by giving the noodles a face, you are 

giving it a human characteristic 

 

 

Definition: Giving an object, animal, or idea human 

characteristics.   

 
Alliteration

I chose this 
image because it is one of the most famous examples of 
alliteration by Edgar Allen Poe. 

 
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of 
words. 
  

 
Rhyme

 

We chose this picture because it rhymes 

 
 

Definition: 
The repetition of the same or similar sounds, usually in 
stressed consonants or at the end of lines 
  

 
Rhythm

 

We chose this picture because we liked the rhythm of it  

 
 
Musical quality created by a pattern of beats and 
stresses in a line of poetry 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

Onomatopoeia 

 

We chose this picture because boom is the example used in the definition 

 
 
 
The use of words or phrases whose sounds suggest their meanings. 
The sound of the word boom, for example, suggests an explosion 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

End rhyme

We chose this picture because it represented an end rhyme. 
 

A rhyme that occurs at the end of lines. 
 
 

 

 
 
 

Internal rhyme

 

we chose this picture because it is A good example of an internal 
rhyme 
 

A rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Stanzas 

A stanza which 

somewhat looks like a paragraph A group of 

lines in a poem set off by blank lines.   

 
Symbol 

 

The symbol for extinction 

 

A person, place, an object, or an action that stands for 

something beyond itself   

 
Simile

two points of viewing it   
 
 

A comparison using like or as 

 
Metaphor

The difference between a simile and a metaphor. 

 

Direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use 

the words like or as.   

 
Hyperbole 

 

One big hyperbole(over-exaggeration) 

 

The figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for 

emphasis or humorous effect.   

 
 

Free Verse

 

 

 
What some people make free verse 
look like 
 

Poetry is written without regular 
rhyme, meter, scheme, or form. 
  

 
Imagery 

 

A chart of imagery 

 

A language that appeals to the five 

senses----touch, taste, hearing, smell, 

and sight.   

 
Lyric poem

 

A pretty good example of a lyric 
poem. 
 

A short poem that expresses the 
poet’s thoughts and emotions in a 

musical way. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Narrative poem 

 
 
 
A poem that tells a story. 

 
 
 

 
Rhyme scheme 
 

 

The sequence in which the rhyme occurs. 
The first end is represented by the letter 

A, The second B, etc... 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Poetry 

 

A form of writing that uses not only 
words, but also form, patterns of sound, 

imagery, and figurative language to 
convey its message 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Sound devices

Techniques used to create a sense of 
rhythm or emphasize certain sounds in 

writing. 

 
 

Meter 

 

A regular pattern of stressed and 
unstressed symbols that gives a line of 

poetry a predictable rhythm 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Figurative 
language

 

 
The use of words to create an image in 
the reader's mind. 

 
 

Mood 
 
 

A feeling of atmosphere created by the 
writer 

 

 
Idiom 
 

 

 

I chose this image because it is a good 
example of an idiom. 
 
A phrase or expression whose meaning is 
different from what the words say 
literally.  

 

 
symbolism 

A literary device where a physical object 
represents something else 

 
 
 
 
 

 
Repetition 

 

I chouse this picture because it is in 
almost every line 
 
A technique in which the same word or 
line is repeated for emphasis or unity. 
helps to reinforce meaning and create an 
appealing rhythm.  
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
Refrain 

 

Stanza or line that is repeated 
throughout the poem 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Couplet 

Rhymed pair of lines in a poem.