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Language which is informal or every day in nature.
Colloquial
The way in which a text is organised.
Structure
A turning point in a sonnet.
Volta
An image which helps us see something as the poet desired.
Visual image
Three lines of poetry
Triplet
An image which helps feel (as in touch) something as the poet desired.
Tactile image
A word that becomes a sign of something other than simply itself.
Symbol
A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeated or systematic.
Stanza
A closed form consisting of fourteen lines of rhyming iambic pentameter.
Sonnet
Where the writer compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
Repetition using the “s” and soft “c” sounds.
Sibilance
A group of words which belong in the same category e.g. Bullet, knife, bomb are all weapons.
Semantic field
A pair of lines which rhyme and come after one another in a poem.
Rhyming couplets
The ‘beat’ or a poem
Rhythm
The repetition of identical concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines.
Rhyme
Repeating a word or phrase to emphasise its importance / create a regular rhythm.
Repetition
Repeated word or a series of words in response or counterpoint to the main verse, as in a ballad.
Refrain
Five lines of poetry
Quintain
Four lines of poetry
Quatrain
Describing an object/idea as though it were alive. Giving it human qualities.
Personification
A line with five metric feet
Pentameter
Words whose sound imitates their meaning. e.g. "buzz, tinkle, rattle, stutter, whisper, bang"
Onomatopoeia
An image which helps us smell something as the poet desired.
Olfactory image
Eight lines of poetry unified by rhythm, rhyme, and topic.
Octet
The number of feet within a line of traditional verse.
Meter
A poetic comparison where two things are said to be the same.
Metaphor
The placement of things next to or close to each other for effect.
Juxtaposition
Words which almost rhyme, also called near-rhyme.
Half-rhyme
An image which helps us taste something as the poet desired.
Gustatory image
A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line.
Enjambement
A type of poem, derived from the theatre, in which a speaker addresses an internal listener / the reader.
Dramatic Monologue
“Speaking” directly to the reader / audience
Direct Address
The partial or total identity of consonants in words whose main vowels differ.
Consonance
A short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry, usually indicated by punctuation.
Caesura
An image which helps us hear something as the poet desired.
Aural image
The repetition of vowel sounds within adjoining words, or words near to each other.
Assonance
A story about something that happened to a person.
Anecdote
Where words/sentences have more than one meaning/ are open to numerous interpretations
Ambiguity
Where the writer refers to 'well-known' figures or events from literature, history, or culture
Allusion
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a series of words.
Alliteration
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