Poetic Terms

1. POETRY

2. Poetic Terms
 Stanza: a group of two or more lines in a
poem ( a paragraph within a poem)
 Verse: a line
 Rhyme:The similarity of ending sounds
existing between two words
 Rhyme Scheme: The sequence in which
the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is
represented as the letter "a", the second is
"b", etc.

3. Poetic Devices - Language
 Figurative Language
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Alliteration
 Hyperbole
 Imagery
 Personification

4. Poetic Devices – Language & Style
 Tone
 Voice
 Repetition
 Symbol
 Theme

5. Simile
A comparison between two objects using
a specific word or comparison such as
"like", "as", or "than".

6. Metaphor
A comparison between two objects with
the intent of giving clearer meaning to
one of them

7. Alliteration
 Repetition of the same letter of the first
word
 EX:
 sweet smell of success
 She left the Heaven of Heroes and came
down To make a man to meet the mortal
need A man to match the mountains and
the sea The friendly welcome of the
wayside well

8. Hyperbole
a figure of speech that uses an
exaggerated or extravagant statement to
create a strong emotional response.
 EX:
 They ran like greased lightning.
He's got tons of money.
Her brain is the size of a pea.
He is older than the hills.
I will die if she asks me to dance.
She is as big as an elephant!

9. Imagery
 Imagery is the use of vivid
description, usually rich in sensory
words, to create pictures, or images, in
the reader's mind.

10. Personification
 isgiving human traits
(qualities, feelings, action, or
characteristics) to non-living objects
(things, colors, qualities, or ideas).
 For example: The window winked at me

11. Onomatopoeia
a word whose sounds seem to duplicate
the sounds they describe--
hiss, buzz, bang, murmur, meow, growl

12. Allusion
 Reference to an event, place, or
character from history.
 EX
 Waters of Babylon

13. Oxymoron
a statement with two parts which seem
contradictory;
 examples: sad joy, a wise fool, the sound
of silence, or Hamlet's saying, "I must be
cruel only to be kind"

14. Tone
 thewriter's attitude toward the material
and/or readers. Tone may be
playful, formal, intimate, angry, serious, iro
nic, outraged, baffled, tender, serene, de
pressed, etc.

15. Repetition
 therepeating of words, phrases, lines, or
stanzas.

16. Symbolism
 anything that stands for something else

17. Theme
 the abstract concept explored in a
literary work;
 frequently recurring ideas, such as enjoy-
life while-you-can;