Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
WGU-Lit Poetry
WGU-Poetry Module 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accentual-syllabic | Extension of accentual verse which fixes both the number of stresses, or accents, & the number of syllables in each line of verse |
| Ballad | Poem that recounts a story, single episode, intended to be sung; features simple language, dramatic action, sometimes tragic ending |
| Enjambment | (Striding over) occurs when the sense & or grammatical structure of a sentence moves from one verse to the next without punctuated pause |
| Foot | Unit of measurement in metrical poetry; each pair of stressed & unstressed syllables make up each |
| Monometer | One foot |
| Dimeter | Two feet |
| Trimeter | Three feet |
| Tetrameter | Four feet |
| Pentameter | Five feet |
| Hexameter | Six feet |
| Heptameter | Seven feet |
| Octameter | Eight feet |
| Nonameter | Nine feet |
| Decameter | Ten feet |
| Form | Means by which a literary work conveys its meaning; includes totality of ways in which it unfolds & coheres as a structure of meaning & expression |
| Blank Verse | Most common & well-known meter of unrhymed poetry; 5 Iambic feet per line & is never rhymed |
| Free Verse | Describes poetry that organizes it's lines without meter; may be rhymed but usually is not |
| Haiku | Japanese verse form that has three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, & 5 syllables; often serious & spiritual in tone & usually set in one of four seasons |
| Limerick | Short & usually comic verse form of 5 anapestic lines usually rhyming aabba; 1st, 2nd, & 5th lines traditionally have 3 stressed syllables each, 3rd & 4th have 2 stresses each (3,3,2,2,3) |
| Sonnet | One-stanza lyric poem of fourteen lines in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme; love is common theme |
| Epigram | Very short poem, often comic, usually ending with some sharp turn of wit or meaning |
| Triolet | Short lyric form of 8 rhymed lines borrowed from the French; the 2 opening lines are repeated according to set pattern |
| Villanelle | Fixed form developed by French as imitation of Italian folk song; 6 rhymed stanzas, 1st & 3rd lines are repeated in a set pattern throughout the poem |
| Sestina | Complex verse form in which 6 end words are repeated in a prescribed order through 6 stanzas, ends with an envoy of 3 lines in which all 6 words appear for a total of 39 lines |
| Internal Rhyme | Occurs within a line of a verse |
| Meter | Recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in a verse; basic organizational device of poetry |
| Iambic | Metrical foot in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable (rising) |
| Trochiac | Metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable; associated with songs, chants, & magic spells |
| Anapestic | Common metrical unit of poetry consisting of 2 unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (rising) |
| Dactylic | Common metrical unit of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllable (falling) |
| Ode | Lyric poem with elaborate stanza structure & distinct tone of formality & stateliness; either addresses a person, abstract idea, or entity |
| Rhyme Scheme | Any recurrent pattern of rhyme within an individual poem or fixed form; small letters to represent each end rhyme (a for 1st, b for 2nd rhyme) |
| Exact Rhyme | Full rhyme in which the sounds following the initial letters of the words are identical in sound (follow, hollow) |
| End Rhyme | Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines |
| Scansion | Process of analyzing poetry for its rhyme scheme, number of lines per stanza, & its metrical patterns |
| Syllabic Verse | Verse form in which the poet establishes a pattern of a certain number of syllables to a line; most common meter in most romance languages |
| Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet | 1st 8 lines:abba, abba; final 6 lines may follow any pattern as long as it does not end in a couplet, poem may shift in mood or tone (usually occurs on the 9th line) |
| English (Shakespearean) Sonnet | Rhyme scheme organized into 3 quatrains with final couplet: abab cdcd efef gg; poet may pursue one idea throughout the 3 quatrains & then end the couplet with a surprise |
| Spenserian Sonnet | Follows the English quatrain & couplet pattern but resembles the Italian in using a linked rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd ee |
| Stanza | Portion of a poem that's grouped together by common rhythm or rhyme (blank line can appear in-between); basic organizational principal of most formal poetry |
| Couplet | 2-line stanza in poetry, usually rhymed, which tends to have lines of equal length |
| Tercet | Grouping of 3 rhymed verse lines, usually ending in the same rhyme |
| Quatrain | Stanza consisting of 4 lines; most common stanzas used |
| Seset | Poem or stanza of 6 lines; term used when speaking of sonnets (final 6-line section) |
| Ocvtave | Stanza of 8 lines; term used when speaking of sonnets (1st 8-line section) |
| Stress | Emphasis or accent placed on a syllable in a speech |
| Symbol | Something that stands for something else or that represents something larger, such as a concept or idea |
| Verse | Term used to describe poetry in general, refer to a single poem, or refer to a stanza |
| Eye Rhyme | Rhyme in which the spelling of the words appears alike, but pronunciations differ (laughter, daughter) |
| Slant Rhyme | Rhyme in which the final consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different (letter, litter) |
Created by:
lpedro
Popular Literature sets