Colloquial
Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
Scansion
Quatrain
A four line stanza
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
Blank Verse
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Denotation
Spenserian
Tone
Personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed
Metonymy
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite; antenantiosis or moderatour
(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
Tercet
three line stanza
End Rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
Damning with faint praise
Quintet
a five line stanza
Anaphora
Repeating word patterns in front, across sentences.
Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Apostrophe
