U5 - Poetry

The structure or organization of a work of writing.

A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

The voice that "talks" to the reader.

The core unit of a poem.

lyric, sonnet, ode

Poetry that does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme.

Poetry that tells a story. (ballad & epic)

Type of narrative poem that tells a story and was originally meant to be sung or recited.

A long narrative poem on a serious subject, presented in an elevated or formal style. These poems address universal concerns, such as good and evil, life and death, and sin and redemption.

Uses of words for their connections to the sense of hearing. Some include alliteration, assonance, consonance, meter, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, and rhythm.

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Emphasizes the musical quality of the language in a poem.

The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words.

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.