Poetry p. 3

Question 1

verse

Answer 1

set of patterns of stress and syllables

Question 2

blank verse vs. free verse

Answer 2

BV: non-rhyming iambic pentameter, usually stichic
FV: has irregular pattern of stress and syllables

Question 3

stanza forms

Answer 3

sequence of line within a poem are usually separated into sub-units

Question 4

synecdoche

Answer 4

rhetorical/metaphorical substitution of a part for the whole (vice versa)

Question 5

metonymy

Answer 5

rhetorical/metaphorical substitution of one thing for another based on their association (Crown)

Question 6

oxymoron

Answer 6

the contrast of contradictory ideas to create striking effect (darkness visible)

Question 7

enjambment

Answer 7

when the units of sense in a passage don´t coincide with a verse and the sense runs off from one verse to another

Question 8

verbal irony

Answer 8

straightforward, speaker says something different from what they really believe

Question 9

sarcasm

Answer 9

crudest form of irony, opposite of belief

Question 10

understatement

Answer 10

intentionally making the situation seem less important than it really is

Question 11

hyperbole

Answer 11

exaggeration

Question 12

satire vs parody

Answer 12

S: an attack on sb/sth by making it look ridiculous
P: an imitation of formal/thematic elements for humorous purposes

Question 13

chiasmus

Answer 13

rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by reversal of the structures to produce artistic effect (“Never let a Fool
Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You)