Poetry+Terms

1. alliteration 2. allusion 3. assonance 4. ballad 5. consonance 6. couplet - two successive lines of poetry that form a unit and usually rhyme Example: "Over Barbara Frietche's grave, Flag of Freedom and Union wave!"

7. epic - a LONG narrative poem (usually thousands of lines long written over the course of ten or more years), written in dignified style, that celebrates the adventure and achievements of one or more heroic figures of legend, history, or religion. Examples: The //Odyssey,// The //Illiad,// The //Aenied,// Dante's //Divine Comedy//

8. figurative language 9. free verse 10. haiku 11. hyperbole 12. imagery 13. limerick 14. lyric 15. lyric poetry 16. metaphor 17. meter 18. narrative poetry 19. onomatopoeia 20. personification 21. poetry 22. pun 23. refrain 24. repetition 25. rhyme 26. rhyme scheme 27. rhythym 28. simile 29. sonnet: a poem containing fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter. Sonnets have strict patterns of rhyme and usually deal with a single theme, idea, or sentiment.