Poetry Vocab

• repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words

• apostrophe

• volta

• sonnet

• alliteration

• unrhymed iambic pentameter

• refrain

• blank verse

• simile

• stanza

harsh discordant mixture of sounds

• cacophony

• metonymy

• hyperbole

• personification

interpretations of a word beyond its literal definition

• metaphor

• consonance

• assonance

• connotation

figure of speech that combines words that seem to contradict each other, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist

• synecdoche

• oxymoron

• refrain

• blank verse

statement which, while seemingly contradictory or absurd, may actually be well-founded and true

• Paradox

• Euphony

• extended metaphor

• Cacophony

figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sound of words

• onomatopeia

• paradox

• denoataion

• connotation

prevailing atmosphere or emotional aura of a work

• apostrophe

• personification

• tone

• mood

name of one object is substituted for that of another closely related to it

• symbolism

• imagery

• metonymy

• hyperbol

regular repetition of stressed and unstressed syllable found in poetry

• rhyme

• simile

• Stanza

• Meter