Definitions

Rhythm
• the arrangement of
words into a more
or less regular
sequence of
stressed and
unstressed or long
and short syllables
 Rap
• a style of popular music,
developed by disc jockeys
and urban blacks in the
late 1970s, in which an
insistent, recurring beat
pattern provides the
background and
counterpoint for rapid,
 Haiku
• a major form of Japanese
verse, written in 17
syllables divided into 3
lines of 5, 7, and 5
syllables, and
employing highly
evocative allusions and
comparisons, often on
the subject of nature or
 Poem
• a composition in verse,
especially one that is
characterised by a highly
developed artistic form
and by the use of
heightened language and
rhythm to express an
intensely imaginative
 Poetry
• the art of rhythmical
composition, written or
spoken, for exciting
pleasure by beautiful,
imaginative, or elevated
thoughts.
• literary work in metrical
form; verse.
Limerick
• a kind of humorous
verse of five lines, in
which the first,
second, and fifth lines
rhyme with each other,
and the third and
fourth lines, which are
shorter, form a rhymed
 Simile
• A common figure of
speech that explicitly
compares two things
usually considered
different. Most similes
are introduced by like  or
as : “The realisation hit
me like a bucket of cold
Metaphor
• The comparison of one
thing to another
without the use of like
 or as : “A man is but a
weak reed”; “The road
was a ribbon of
moonlight.”
 Sound
• any auditory effect;
any audible
vibrational
disturbance: all
kinds of sounds.
 Alliterati
on
• The repetition of the
beginning sounds of
words, as in “Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled
peppers,” “long-lived,”
“short shrift,” and “the
fickle finger of fate.”
Onomatop
oeia
• the formation of
words whose sound
is imitative of the
sound of the noise
or action
designated, such
as hiss, buzz,  and
bang
Personifica
tion
• The attribution of a
personal nature or
character to
inanimate objects or
abstract notions,
especially as a
rhetorical figure.
 Stanza
• A group of lines of
verse, usually set off
from other groups by
a space. The stanzas
of a poem often have
the same internal
pattern of rhymes.
Repetitio
n
• the act of
repeating;
repeated action,
performance,
production, or
presentation.