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AP Lit Poetry Terms
AP Lit Poetry Terms for Cypress High 12th graders!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lyric | Subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create3 a single, unique impression |
| Narrative | nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative |
| Sonnet | a rigid 14-line verse form with variable structure and rhyme scheme according to type |
| Ode | elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme |
| Blank Verse | unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
| Free Verse | unrhymed lines without regular rhythm |
| Epic | a long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race |
| Dramatic Monologue | a lyric poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment in his/her life and in doing so, reveals his/her character |
| Elegy | a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual |
| Ballad | a simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited; the folk ballad is anonymously handed down, while the literary ballad has a single author |
| Idyll | lyric poetry describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic term |
| Villanelle | a French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercets and a final quatrain , rhyming aba aba aba aba aba abaa |
| Light Verse | a general category of poetry written to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, limericks. It can also have a serious side, as in parody or satire. |
| Haiku | Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image. |
| Limerick | humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines rhyming aabba, a-lines being tremeter and b-lines dimeter |
| Symbolism | the use of one object to suggest another, hidden object or idea |
| Imagery | the use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description |
| Paradox | a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basis of truth |
| Oxymoron | contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect |
| Allusion | a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source |
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