2nd Poetry Vocabulary

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story  in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

• poetry

• prose

• nonfiction

• journalism

the author of the poem

• speaker

• narrator

• poet

• singer

the “narrator” or voice of the poem

• poet

• speaker

• announcer

• singer

the appearance of the words on the page

• stanza

• verse

• form

• line

a group of words together on one line of the poem

• stanza

• line

• sonnet

• soliloquy

a group of lines arranged together, like a paragraph

• stanza

• simile

• line

• form

A type of poem where the speaker speaks thoughts aloud, even if alone

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• verse

• alliteration

A type of poem with fourteen lines

• soliloquy

• sonnet

• free verse

• haiku

the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• consonance

• alliteration

Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds

• consonance

• assonance

• metaphor

• rhyme