Poetry Terms Cont.
Onomatopoeia- a word whose sound imitates the actual sound to which it refers, such as pop, sizzle, crush.
Imagery- the use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses.
Cacophony- a succession of harsh, jolting sounds.
Euphony- a succession of smooth, harmonious sounds.
Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds followed by unlike constant sounds in stressed words or syllables.
Consonance- the repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with change in the vowels.
Rhyme- the reptilian of word ending sounds, specially the repetition of accented vowels sounds plus a succeeding sounds.
Rhyme Scheme- the pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem. It is identified by the letters of the alphabet.
Internal Rhyme- rhyme that occurs within a line.
End Rhyme- rhyme that comes at the end of lines.
Repetition- in poetry, to occur over and over again.
Verse- one line of poetry
Stanza- a grouping of the lines in a poem.
Refrain- a word, phrase, line, or groups of lines repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza.