identity poetry

• Form


  The physical structure of a poem
• Verse


  Has a regular rhythm and a fixed rhyme scheme
• Free Verse


  No rhyme scheme or regular metre
• Slam Poetry


  A form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance and audience participation
• End-stopped Line


  Ending in a punctuation mark
• Enjambment


  No punctuation at the end of a line of poetry
• Caesura


  Pause in a line indicated by a punctuation mark
• Volta


  Turning point in a poem; shift in tone
• Stanza


  A paragraph in a poem
• Tercet


  A stanza of three lines
• Quatrain


  A stanza of four lines
• Rhyme Scheme


  Fixed pattern of organising rhyme, e.g. abab, aabb, abba
• Refrain


  A repeated line in a poem
• Internal Rhyme


  Where there are two words which rhyme in the same line as each other
• Simple Metaphor


  When one thing is compared to another using the or as
• Metaphor


  When one thing is directly compared to another eg. the tank is a monster
• Personification


  Giving human qualities to an object eg the bullets screamed
• Speaker


  The voice behind the poem
• Imagery


  Where the writer uses words or phrases that create a certain image in the reader's mind
• Tone


  The speaker's feelings or attitude in the poem
• Oxymoron


  Putting two words together that create something 'impossible, eg 'cold hear
• Symbolism


  Using objects or characters to represent an important idea or concept
• Juxtaposition


  Placing two very different things alongside each other
• Direct Address


  Speaking directly to the reader using 'you'
• Extended Metaphor


  A metaphor which is consistent throughout a text
• Repetition


  Where the same line, word or phrase is written more than once
• Rhetorical Question


  A question that does not require an answer
• Semantic field


  Where a group of words all link together to form a similar idea or concept
• Key Concepts


  • Identity
  • Nation
  • Culture
  • Ethnicity
  • Stereotype
• Poetic Form


  The physical structure of a poem
• Verse


  • Has a regular rhythm and a fixed rhyme scheme
• Free Verse


  • No rhyme scheme or regular metre
• Elegy


  A poem that is supposed to show mourning or loss
• Slam Poetry


  A form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance and audience participation
• End-stopped Line


  • Ending in a punctuation mark
• Enjambment


  • No punctuation at the end of a line of poetry
• Caesura


  • Pause in a line indicated by a punctuation mark
• Volta


  • Turning point in a poem; shift in tone
• Stanza


  • A paragraph in a poem
• Tercet


  • A stanza of three lines