English poetry
Shakespeare's linguistic art
Poetry written in the English language, spanning from Old English verse through contemporary work.
The term encompasses both the body of work and the tradition: She studied English poetry from Chaucer to Eliot.
English poetry is distinguished by its metrical traditions—particularly iambic pentameter—and its rich history of formal innovation, from sonnets and blank verse to free verse.
Implied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
symbolism · enjambment · stanza · rhyme · refrain · diction · tone · simile
Fourteen-line metered poem
- haikuJapanese seventeen-syllable verse
- balladNarrative poem or song
- odeLaudatory verse form
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
epic · limerick · villanelle · sestina · cinquain · tanka · free verse · blank verse
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- MiltonBaroque English verse master
- KeatsEnglish Romantic poet
- ShelleyEnglish Romantic surname
- ByronTitled Romantic versifier
Chaucer · Wordsworth · Tennyson · Donne · Blake · Spenser · Coleridge · Browning
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
- octaveEight-note interval
- sestetSix-line verse unit
- voltaRepeated section's alternate ending
iambic pentameter · couplet · Elizabethan · Spenserian · Italian · rhyme scheme · fourteen lines · turn
Device that measures usage
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
scansion · foot · iamb · trochee · dactyl · anapest · spondee · pentameter
Poetry without fixed structure
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
- slamForceful impact or closure
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
postmodern · performance · Harlem Renaissance · imagism · Plath · Ginsberg · Hughes · Bukowski
metaphor
Implied identity comparison
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
consonance · symbolism · enjambment · stanza · rhyme · refrain · diction · tone · simile · personification
sonnet
Fourteen-line metered poem
elegy · epic · limerick · villanelle · sestina · cinquain · tanka · free verse · blank verse · prose poem
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Chaucer · Wordsworth · Byron · Tennyson · Donne · Blake · Spenser · Coleridge · Browning · Pope
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
volta · iambic pentameter · couplet · Elizabethan · Spenserian · Italian · rhyme scheme · fourteen lines · turn · abab
meter
Device that measures usage
prosody · scansion · foot · iamb · trochee · dactyl · anapest · spondee · pentameter · hexameter
free verse
Poetry without fixed structure
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
- slamForceful impact or closure
- confessionalBooth for admitting sins
avant-garde · postmodern · performance · Harlem Renaissance · imagism · Plath · Ginsberg · Hughes · Bukowski · open mic
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
sorrow · grief · passion · despair · hope · joy · bliss · pathos · love · fear
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Unmetered written composition
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