Poetry Analysis Vocabulary

verb to speak or recite in a loud, theatrical manner

• The politician stood on the podium to declaim his speech to the crowd.
• She loves to declaim in front of her friends about her favorite TV show.
• I heard him declaiming about the game last night at the bar.
• The artist's paintings seem to declaim a message about society and culture.

adjective a term used to describe something that is dull, tedious, or overly long-winded in writing or speech

• The speaker's prosy speech failed to captivate the audience.
• I couldn't stay awake during that prosy lecture.
• His prosy writing is a total snooze fest.
• The prosy nature of the meeting made it feel like time was standing still.

noun a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants

adjective relating to or consisting of syllables

• The word 'elephant' has three syllables.
• I struggle with words that have more than one syllable.
• I can't deal with long words with too many syllables.
• Each syllable of the poem carried a different emotion.