Poetry Literary Terms
Poetry Literary Terms
Poetry Literary Terms
Directions: Copy down the terms in your notebook with two or three lines of blank space for the
definition. Then look up the definition in the textbook and write it down. For terms with Ex. next
to it, leave space to write a given example as well.
Types of poems:
1. free verse
2. haiku
3. lyric poem
4. narrative poem
Other terms:
5. iambic pentameter- a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one
unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable- daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM
daDUM
6. enjambment- when a line of poetry continues onto the next line without any end
punctuation. Ex.
7. alliteration- Ex.
8. assonance- Ex.
9. couplet
10. end rhyme- Ex.
11. hyperbole- Ex.
12. internal rhyme- Ex.
13. metaphor- Ex.
14. onomatopoeia- Ex.
15. personification- Ex.
16. quatrain
17. repetition
18. rhyme scheme
19. simile- Ex.
20. stanza