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Poetic Parts/Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| point of view; ex. | the author's concentration on the vantage point of the speaker; 1st/2nd/3rd |
| line; ex. | words, phrases, or sentences that make up a stanza |
| verse; ex. | one single line of a poem organized in a metrical pattern; free verse, blank verse |
| stanza + forms | a division of a poem created by arranging the lines into a unity, often repeated in the same pattern of meter and rhyme; the names given to desc the number of lines in a stanzaic unit, ex. couplet (2) tercet (3) quatrain (4) |
| rhetorical question; ex. | a question solely for effects, which does not require an answer; when can i be young again? |
| rhyme scheme; ex. | the pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza/poem; ABAB, ABBA |
| enjambment; ex. | the continuation of the logical sense beyond the end of a line; he is / a strong runner. |
| form; ex. | arrangement/method used to convey the content; ex. open, closed, blank, free |
| open form | poetic form free from regularity and consistency |
| closed form | poetic form subject to a fixed structure and pattern |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter; much of shakespeare's works |
| free verse | lines with no prescribed pattern/structure that is entirely up to the poet |
| heroic couplet | a pair of rhymed lines in iambic pentameter |
| what makes up fixed form (4) | a poem which follows a set pattern of meter, rhyme scheme, stanza form, and refrain (if there is one) |
| what makes up a ballaD (6) | a narrative poem using a series of quatrains, with iambic tetrameter, using a XAXA XBXB rhyme scheme, repetition, and refrain |
| balladE (4) | french form of a ballad; consists of three seven/eight lined stanzas; no more than three recurrent rhymes; identical refrain after each stanza |
| concrete poetry (2) | written to form a recognizable outline related to subject; conveys/extends the meaning of words |
| epigram; ex. | a small, often witty or satirical, poem that conveys one thought; martial's epigrams |
| epitaph; ex. | brief poem/statement in memory of someone who is deceased, currently witty or humorous, written without funeral intentions; tombstone inscription |
| haiku; ex. | japanese form of poetry consisting of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables; desc nature; provide insight or essence of a moment; basho |
| limerick; ex. | a light/humorous form of five chiefly anapestic verses of which lines one, two, and five are of three feet and lines three and four are of two feet, with a rhyme scheme of AABBA; book of nonsense |
| lyric poetry | poetry originally designed to be sung |
| ode | a poem that consists of full praise to a person, object, etc. |
| pantoum | consists of a varying number of four-line stanzas with lines rhyming alternately |
| rondeau (3) | a fixed form used mostly in light or witty verse; consisting usually of fifteen octo/decasyllabic lines in three stanzas; only two rhymes throughout |
| sestina | a fixed form of 6 6-line (usually unrhymed) stanzas having the end words of the first stanza recur as ends words of the following five stanzas |
| sonnet + forms as examples | a fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme; shakespearean, elizabethan, italian/Petrarchan, spenserian, sonnet sequence, triolet, villanelle |
| imagery; ex. | the use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only for visual sense but of sensation + emotion; uses five senses |
| synesthesia; ex. | an attempt to fuse diff senses by desc one kind of sense impression in words normally used to desc another; the sound of her voice was sweet |
| tone, mood; ex. | the means by which poets reveal attitudes and feelings; sad, happy, frustrating |
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i.lundin