Literary Terms For Poetry - 2
Literary Terms For Poetry - 2
Literary Terms For Poetry - 2
POETRY
English II CP
Ms. C. Lee
POETRY BASICS: STANZA FORMS
stanza: a division in a poem, named for the number of
lines it contains; distinguished from each other with line
breaks
Couplet: a pair of rhyming lines
Different Methods:
Explicit comparison: writer makes a direct metaphor, then
develops it by comparing characteristics of the two things
Implicit comparison: comparison of the traits of the two
things are developed over several lines without saying
straight out what the two things are
Example: Romeo and Juliet, I, iii
Example: “The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost
SPECIAL FORM OF POETRY: SONNETS
All sonnets contain 14 lines
All sonnets use iambic pentameter (blank verse)