Poetry Vocabulary

Max S.
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  1. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  2. denotation
    the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
  3. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  4. figurative
    not literal
  5. literal
    limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
  6. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  7. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
  8. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
  9. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
  10. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
  11. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  12. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  13. couplet
    a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
  14. stanza
    a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
  15. rhyme
    correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
  16. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
  17. iambic
    of metrical units having an unstressed/stressed pattern
  18. meter
    rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  19. pentameter
    a verse line having five metrical feet
  20. rhythm
    an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
  21. scheme
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Created on Wed Jan 16 01:23:40 EST 2013 (updated Wed Jan 16 07:50:36 EST 2013)

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