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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| METER | RHYTHM OF A LINE; STRESSED, UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES |
| SYLLABLE | SINGLE UNIT OF UNINTERRUPTED SOUND |
| FOOT | BASIC RHYTHM UNIT, COMBINATION OF STRESS, UNSTRESS SYLLABLES |
| IAMBIC PENTAMETER | 2 SYLLABLE FOOT 5 FEET PER LINE |
| IAMBIC FOOT | UNSTRESS, STRESS=DA DUM |
| TROCHAIC FOOT | STRESS,UNSTRESS/STRESS,UNSTRESS/ =DUM,DA |
| SPONDIAC FOOT | STRESS,STRESS/STRESS,STRES/ = DUM DUM |
| ANAPESTIC | UNSTRESS,UNSTRESS, STRESS/ = DA DA DUM |
| DACTYLIC | STRESS, UNSTRESS,UNSTRESS= DUM,DA,DA |
| STANZA | RECURRINGPATTERN OF 2 OR MORE LINES OF VERSE ="PARAGRAPH OF PROSE" |
| PROSODY | STUDY OF METRICAL STRUCTURES IN POETRY |
| SCANSION | ART OF SCANNING AL LINE, READ LISTEN |
| 4 COMMON ACCENTUAL SYLLABIC METERS | IAMBIC, ANAPESTIC, TROCHAIC, DACTYLIC |
| RISING METER | IAMBIC, ANAPESTIC |
| FALLING METER | TROCHAIC, DACTYLIC |
| MONOSYLLABIC FOOT | NO UNACCENTED SYLLABLE |
| MONOMETER | METER CONSISTING OF ONE METRICAL FOOT, OR ONE PRIMARY STRESS PER LINE |
| DIAMETER | VERSE METER WITH 2 METRICAL FEET OR 2 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE |
| TRIMETER | VERSE METER WITH 3 METRICAL FEET OR 3 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE |
| TETRAMETER | VERSE METER WITH 4 METRICAL FEET OR 4 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE |
| FOOT | UNIT OF MEASUREMENT IN METRICAL POETRY |
| STRESS | ACCENT; FORCE GIVEN TO SYLLABLE IN SPEAKING |
| SLACK | UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES |
| PAUSES | CAESURA; OCCURS AT A PUNCTUTATION MARK |
| CAESURA | PAUSE; OCCURS AT A PUNCTUATION MARK |
| RUN ON LINE | SLIGHT PAUSE; NO PUNCTUATION |
| RHYME TYPE | INITIAL, EXACT, SLANT ,END,MASCULINE, FEMININE, EYE |
| INITIAL RYME/RIME | ALLITERATION |
| EXACT | SOUNDS FOLLOW VOWEL SOUND RED, BREAD |
| SLANT | FINAL CONSONANT SAME SOUND, VOWEL SOUND DIFFERENT; NEAR, OFF OR IMPERFECT RHYME SUN, BONE |
| CONSONANCE | SLANT RHYME- RIMED WORDS OR PHRASES SAME BEGINNING/ENDING CONSONANT SOUNDS DIFERENT VOWEL SOUND CHITTER, CHATTER |
| END RIME | END OF LINES, MOST USED TYPE |
| MASCULINE RIME | 1 SYLLABLE WORDS; JAIL, BAIL OR WORDS WITH MORE THAN 1 SYLLABLE- STRESS ON FINAL SYLLABLE DI-VORCE, RE-MORSE |
| FEMININE RIME | 2 OR MORE SYLLABLES WITH STRESS ON A SYLLABLE OTHER THAN THE LAST; TUR-TLE, FER TILE. USED IN COMIC VERSE, |
| EYE RIME | SPELLING LOOKS SAME, PRONUNCTIATION DIFFER; ROUGH, DOUGH IDEA, FLEA--DO NOT RIME AT ALL |
| INTERNAL RIME | RIME OCCURS WITHIN A LINE OF POETRY AS APPOSED TO END RIME |
| FORMS IN POETRY | CLOSED, OPEN DESIGN AS A WHOLE; CONFIGURATION OF ALL ITS PARTS |
| CLOSED PATTERN | PATTERN SUCH AS A SONNET WITH RIME SKENE; TENDS TO LOOL REGULAR AND SYMMETRICAL, FALLING INTO STANZA THAT INDICATES GROUPS OF RIMES AND METER; MORE MEMORABLE |
| OPEN PATTERN | |
| TRIOLET | SHORT LYRICFORM 8 RHYMED LINES 2 OPEINGING LINES REPREATED ACCORDING TO SET PATTERN |
| TERCET | GROUP OF 3 LINES OR VERSE USUALLY ALL ENDING WITH SAME RHYME |
| TERZA RIME | VERSE FORM MADE UP OF 3 LINES, STANZA, CONNECTED BY OVERLAPPING RHYME THEME |
| SESTINA | COMPLEX VERSE FORM 6 END WORDS REPEATED IN PRESCRIBE ORDER THROUGH 6 STANZA; ENDS WITH 3 LINES IN WHICH ALL 6 WORDS APPEAR-TOTAL 39 LINES |
| FORAML PATTERN IN POETRY | BLANK VERSE, COUPLET, TERCET |
| BLANK VERSE | UNRIMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER |
| COUPLET | 2 LINE STANZA, USUALLY RIMED; BLOW,SNOW |
| HEROIC COUPLET | CLOSED COUPLET, 2 RIMED LINES OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER, FIRST ENDING IN A LIGHT PAUSE, 2ND MORE HEAVILY END STOPPED |
| TERCET | GROUP OF 3 LINES, USUALLY 1 RIME SOUND AS IN ANONYMOUS ENGLISH CHILDJINGLE |
| SYLLABIC VERSE | VERSE FORM IN WHICH POET ESTABLISHES A PATTERN OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SYLLABLES TO A LINE |
| FREE VERSE | POETRY ORGANIZED WITHOUT METER OR RIME |
| TYPE OF FREE VERSE | PROSE AND VISUAL |
| PROSE POETRY | POETIC LANGUAGE PRINTED IN PROSE PARAGRAPHS DISPLAYING THE CAREFUL ATTENTION TO SOUND IMAGERY AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF POETRY |
| VISUAL POETRY | DISTINCTIVE VISUAL SHAPE VERBAL SILHOUETTE |
| BALLAD | SONG THAT TELLS A STORY, ORAL VERSE FORM, SUNG OR RECITED; PASSED FROM PERFORMER TO PERFORMER WITHOUT BEING WRITTEN DOWN. COMPRESSED DRAMATIC, OBJECTIVE, IN THEIR NARRATIVE STYLE. |
| BALLAD TYPES | FOLK, CHILD, BROADSIDE, LITERARY |
| FOLK BALLAD | LOOSELY DEFINED ANONYMOUS STORY-SONGS TRANSMITTED ORALLY BEFORE THEY WERE WRITTEN DOWN |
| CHILD BALLAD | SAME AS FOLK BALLAD BUT WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN |
| BALLAD STANZA | FAVORITE PATTERN; 4 LINES RIMED, TENDING TO FALL INTO 8,6,8 & 6 SYLLABLES |
| COMMON METER | LIKE BALLAD STANZA, FOUND IN HYMN PATTERN EXCEPT 2 PAIRS OF RIMES |
| BROADSIDE BALLAD | PRINTED ON 1 SHEET OF PAPER OFTEN SET TO TRADITIONAL TUNES; EARLY FORM JOURNALISM POSSIBLY DUE TO CHEAP PRINTING AND GROWTH OF AUDIENCES WHO COULD BARELY READ |
| LITERARY BALLAD | NOT MEANT FOR SINGING SOPHISTICATED POETRY FOR BOOK EDUCATED READERS. IMITATE FOLK BALLADS. MAY TELL DRAMATIC CONFLICTS; MORTALS ENCOUNTERING THE SUPERNATURAL; CONVENTIONAL FIGURES OF SPEECH OR BALLAD STANZA |
| TYPES OF SONNETS | FIXED FORM INHERITED FROM OTHER POEM; FAMILIAR ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURE, UNVARYING NUMBER OF LINES OR STANZA PATTERN |
| ENGLISH/SHAKESPEREAN SONNET | 3 quatrains and couplet; most turn or shift in tone or focus after first 8 lines although placement may vary. |
| ITALIAN OR PETRARCHAN SONNET | FOLLOWS RIME SCHEME ABBA, ABBA, FIRST 8 LINES, NEW RIME LAST 6 LINES |
| FOUND POETRY | ARRANGING PROSE FROM UNLIKELY SOURCES; TRAFFIC SIGNS, NEWS STORIES INTO POEM-LIKE LINES |
| LIMERICK | SHORT, USUALLY COMIC VERSE FORM OF 5 ANAPESTIC LINES, USUALLY RHYMING 3RD, 4TH LINE HAVE 2 STRESSES EACH |
| LYRIC | short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. often written 1st person, has song like immediacy and emotional force |
| madigrals | short secular songs for 3 or more voices arranged in counterpoint. usually 1 stanza, rarely exceeds 12-13 lines |
| Petrarchan | Italian rhyme pattern first 8 lines abba, abba final 6 follow any pattern as long as it doesn't end in couplet |
| sonnet | popular in love poetry; fixed form of 14 lines, written iambic pentameter, usually made up of an octave (1st 8 lines) and a concluding sestet (6 lines) |
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