POETRY TERMS

Poetry – It is the opposite of prose (the everyday written and spoken language of ordinary people). Because of its concision, it demands a more complete unity than prose; nearly every word, sound, and image contributes to a single effect. CONCISION

1.	Personification – 
2.	Image – 
3.	Sonnet –
4.	Literal language –
5.	Figurative language –
6.	Paradox –
7.	Allusion –
8.	Blank verse –
9.	Onomatopoeia –
10.	Connotation –
11.	Symbol – Public – universally understood/Private – meaningful only within poem –
12.	Irony –
13.	Denotation –
14.	Stanza –
15.	Assonance –
16.	Couplet –
17.	Free verse –
18.	Quatrain –
19.	Explication –