Poetry Terms
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of word
reference to famous person, place, event or literary work to draw comparison
similar sounds at the end of two or more words
figure of speech comparing two things at length and in different ways
language which communicates comparisons beyond literal meanings
a poem without a regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme
pattern of five feet, each foot consisting of an iamb
occurs within a single line
regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
repetition of vowel sounds.
a poem which tells a story-typically meant to be performed in song
unrhyming iambic Pentameter
a stanza of two lines which often rhymes
pattern of end rhyme in a poem