R&J Poetry Terms

the narrator of a poem

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

a portrait in words of a person, place, or object

A group of lines in a poem

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry

a single row of words in a poem

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

two rhyming lines of poetry

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity

rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or...

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words