English S2 Literary Terms

directs the attention to what the poet means; can illustrate lack of power and hesitancy when many are in one line. Represented by a ?

represented by a ' (a greater amount of force given on one syllable than the other)

a recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse. When stresses recur in fixed places.

the unit of measurement in metrical poetry

used to describe rhythmic patterns in a poem by separating the metrical feet, counting the syllables, marking the accents, and indicating the pauses

a harsh, discordant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which it is used

a meter whose movement rises from unstressed to stressed

a meter whose movement falls from stressed to unstressed

an exaggeration used to emphasize a point

two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound

a rhyme in which the final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different ex.

stopped and wept, or parable and shell

the substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it (ex. The White House decided, the White House refers to the President)

the use of a significant part of a thing to stand for the whole of it or vice versa (ex. All hands on deck, hand being a part of the whole sailor)

a verse meter consisting of iambs: ? '

a metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable ' ?

a metrical foot in verse in which two unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable ? ? '

a metrical foot of verse in which one stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables ' ? ?

a poem with no form (ex. Learning to love America) (no meter or form)

when a line ends in a full pause, usually marked by punctuation

a line that does not end in punctuation

the study of metrical structures in poetry

(')no unaccented syllables

('') two stressed syllables in a row

used to classify meters

attempts to represent a thing or action by the word that imitates the sound associated with it

a group of three lines of a verse, usually all ending in the same rhyme

the repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of verse.

(to emphasize)

when the line continues on to the next line without punctuation

contains six rhymed stanzas in which two lines are repeated in a prescribed pattern (know the characteristics)

a discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface

(ex. Learning to love America)

the attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work

a full rhyme in which the sounds following the initial letters of the words are identical in sound

rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines rather than within them

when rhyme takes place in the last syllable ex. such as claims, flames or rare, despair

when the rhyme takes place two syllables ex. motion and ocean or willow and billow

rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

meter of unrhymed poetry, contains 5 iambic feet per line and never rhymed

the repetition of two more vowel sounds in words, which creates a kind of rhyme ex.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn

linked words that share similar consonant sounds but different vowel sounds ex. The ousel cock so black of hue

a direct address to someone or something.

a comparison of two things, indicated by some connective usually like or as

a statement that one thing is something else (comparison)

the repeating of words to emphasize certain words or a certain point

a fictitious character created by an author to be the speaker of a poem story of novel

dictionary meaning of word (literal meaning)

an association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry, apart from its literal denotation

a two-line stanza usually rhymed

word choice

a bitter form of irony in which the ironic statement is designed to hurt or mock its target

the collective set of images in a poem

eight rhymed lines where the 2 opening lines are repeated according to a set pattern (ex. Triolet by Robert Bridges)

a traditional verse form with a fixed form of 14 lines normally written in iambic pentameter with a concluding heroic couplet