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CW Formal Poetry
Creative Writing Formal Poetry Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acrostic poem | Each line begins with a letter that forms a word that is the subject of the poem when read vertically |
| diamante | diamond shaped poem that begins with a word and ends with a synonym or antonym of that word |
| haiku | three line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern that includes an image from nature |
| tanka | five line poem with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern that includes an image from nature |
| lantern | five line poem with a 1-2-3-4-1 syllable pattern that includes an image from nature |
| septolet | seven line poem with a 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 syllable pattern that includes an image from nature |
| cinquain | five line poem with a 2-4-6-8-1 syllable pattern that generally follows a strict form |
| limerick | five line humorous poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a complex meter |
| Shakespearean sonnet | fourteen line poem with an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme written in iambic pentameter that includes three different aspects of the same subject and a couplet summary at the end |
| Petrarchan sonnet | fourteen line poem with an ABBA ABBA CDCDCD or ABBA ABBA CDECDE rhyme scheme written in iambic pentameter that ask and answers a question, poses and solves a problem, or tells and comments on a story |
| iamb | a metrical foot that includes an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| anapest | a metrical foot that includes two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable |
| trochee | a metrical foot that includes a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable |
| dactyl | a metrical foot that includes a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables |
| spondee | a metrical foot that includes one or more stressed syllable(s) |
| monometer | a line of poetry that includes one metrical foot |
| dimeter | a line of poetry that includes two metrical feet |
| trimeter | a line of poetry that includes three metrical feet |
| tetrameter | a line of poetry that includes four metrical feet |
| pentameter | a line of poetry that includes five metrical feet |
| hexameter | a line of poetry that includes six metrical feet |
| heptameter | a line of poetry that includes seven metrical feet |
| octameter | a line of poetry that includes eight metrical feet |
| exact rhyme | Two or more words in which the final accented vowel and all the consonant sounds that follow it are the same |
| slant rhyme | A partial or imperfect rhyme. The vowel sounds in half rhymes are usually not identical. |
| internal rhyme | rhyme which occurs within a single line of poetry or in the middle of two consecutive lines of poetry |
| rhyme scheme | ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem |
| meter | the beat of a poem created by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines |
| quatrain | group of four lines |
| couplet | group of two lines |
| octave | group of eight lines |
| sestet | group of six lines |
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