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| The ordinary languege people use in writing, narrative and expository |
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| a single metrical line of poetry, or poetry in general |
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| poetry written in unrhymed iamic pentameter. rhythms of normal speech |
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| poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines with no set metrical pattern |
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| To straddle- the continuation of a sentence form one line or couplet into the next |
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| commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument |
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| japanese poetry of three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables |
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| expresses the thoughts and feelings of a poet, words to a song |
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| most serious, written to a set structure |
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| to repeat- phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem |
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| poems telling a story similar to a folktale or legend and often has a repeated refrain |
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| a story, play, or essay,that treats a serious subject ridicuously |
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| image or metaphor likens one things to something else that is seemingly different |
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| long, serious poems telling a heroic journey |
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| depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way |
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| bad sound-literary technique in a poem "Jabberwocky" |
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line one-title
line two-two words describing title
line three-three words telling action
line four-four words telling feeling
line five- one word recalling title |
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| stanza of two lines which usually rhyme |
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| sad and thoughtful poem following the death of a person |
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| humorous, 5 line poems in which lines 1,2,and 5 rhyme and 3 and 4 rhyme |
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| found in poetry such as ballads, epics, and lays |
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| stanza, or poem with four lines. 2 and 4 must rhyme |
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| English/Shakespearean poems that are 14 lines falling into 3 coordinate quatrains and a concluding couplet |
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