Italian vocabulary:
Poetry.
Poetry.
Below is a list of poetry vocabulary.
This page is a work in progress, and I will continue adding more words, including more advanced vocabulary (C1–C2 level). I will also be adding quizzes soon, along with interactive activities to help you practice. In addition, I will connect the words to songs, movies, newspapers, books, and other media so you can see how these expressions are used in everyday French.
Lastly updated: 30.8.2026
- accento (l’, m) (pl: gli accenti) [EN: stress, accent][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- allegoria (l’, f) (pl: le allegorie) [EN: allegory][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- allitterazione (l’, f) (pl: le allitterazioni) [EN: alliteration][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- anafora (l’, f) (pl: le anafore) [EN: anaphora][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- antitesi (l’, f) (pl: le antitesi) [EN: antithesis][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- apostrofe (l’, f) (pl: le apostrofi) [EN: apostrophe][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- assonanza (l’, f) (pl: le assonanze) [EN: assonance][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- ballata (la) (pl: le ballate) [EN: ballad][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- canzone (la) (pl: le canzoni) [EN: song, canzone][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- cesura (la) (pl: le cesure) [EN: caesura][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- consonanza (la) (pl: le consonanze) [EN: consonance][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- distico (il) (pl: i distici) [EN: couplet][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- endecasillabo (l’, m) (pl: gli endecasillabi) [EN: hendecasyllable][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- enigma (l’, m) (pl: gli enigmi) [EN: enigma, riddle][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- epica (l’, f) (pl: le epiche) [EN: epic poetry][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- epigramma (l’, m) (pl: gli epigrammi) [EN: epigram][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- ermetismo (l’, m) (pl: gli ermetismi) [EN: Hermeticism][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- estro (l’, m) (pl: gli estri) [EN: poetic inspiration, creative impulse][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- figura retorica (la) (pl: le figure retoriche) [EN: rhetorical device, figure of speech][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- iperbole (l’, f) (pl: le iperboli) [EN: hyperbole][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- ispirazione (l’, f) (pl: le ispirazioni) [EN: inspiration][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- linguaggio (il) (pl: i linguaggi) [EN: language, poetic language][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- lirica (la) (pl: le liriche) [EN: lyric poetry, lyric][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- lirismo (il) (pl: i lirismi) [EN: lyricism][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- metafora (la) (pl: le metafore) [EN: metaphor][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- metrica (la) (pl: le metriche) [EN: meter, prosody][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- metonimia (la) (pl: le metonimie) [EN: metonymy][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- ode (l’, f) (pl: le odi) [EN: ode][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- onomatopea (l’, f) (pl: le onomatopee) [EN: onomatopoeia][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- ossimoro (l’, m) (pl: gli ossimori) [EN: oxymoron][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- paragone (il) (pl: i paragoni) [EN: comparison, simile][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- parola (la) (pl: le parole) [EN: word][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- poema (il) (pl: i poemi) [EN: poem, epic poem][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- poesia (la) (pl: le poesie) [EN: poetry, poem][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- poeta (il/la) (pl: i/le poeti/e) [EN: poet][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- prosa (la) (pl: le prose) [EN: prose][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- quartina (la) (pl: le quartine) [EN: quatrain][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- rappresentazione (la) (pl: le rappresentazioni) [EN: representation][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- rima (la) (pl: le rime) [EN: rhyme][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- ritmo (il) (pl: i ritmi) [EN: rhythm][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- scrivere [EN: to write][A1-A2][30.8.2026] #verb
- simbolo (il) (pl: i simboli) [EN: symbol][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- similitudine (la) (pl: le similitudini) [EN: simile][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- sonetto (il) (pl: i sonetti) [EN: sonnet][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- strofa (la) (pl: le strofe) [EN: stanza, verse][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- tema (il) (pl: i temi) [EN: theme, subject][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- terzina (la) (pl: le terzine) [EN: tercet][B1-B2][30.8.2026]
- versificare [EN: to versify, write poetry][B1-B2][30.8.2026] #verb
- verso (il) (pl: i versi) [EN: verse, poetic line][A1-A2][30.8.2026]
- vocabolario (il) (pl: i vocabolari) [EN: vocabulary][A1-A2][30.8.2026]