Poetry Terms Grade 10 English Year 8-9 Lamirand

Poetry Terms Grade 10 English Year 8-9 Lamirand

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Allegory
A story used to make a statement or convey a specific meaning. Its setting, characters, and symbols can be interpreted as either figurative or literal
Allusion
A reference to a historical, mythic, or literary person, place, event, movement, etc.
Antithesis
Contrasting or combining two terms, phrases, or clauses with opposed or antithetical meanings.
Aphorism
Proverbs, sayings we use every day.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
Blank Verse
Verse consisting of unrhyming lines.
Cadence
A rising and falling of the rhythms of speech in a poem.
Closed Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines that stands alone as a complete thought.
Concrete Poetry
A poem where the type is laid out to present a pictorial representation of the subject of the poem.
Connotation
The impression that a word or passage gives beyond its defined meaning.
Consonance
The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels. Ex. slip-slop, creak-croak.
Denotation
The literal or dictionary definition of a word. Denotation contrasts with connotation.
Dirge
A brief funeral hymn or song.
Elegy
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead
Epic
An extended narrative poem with a heroic or superhuman protagonist engaged in an action of great significance in a vast setting.