mid terms english

Question 1

ode

Answer 1

A kind of poem, usally praising something.

Question 2

free verse

Answer 2

poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms.

Question 3

haiku

Answer 3

a major form of japanese verse written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5,7 and 5 syllables.

Question 4

narrative

Answer 4

a poem which tells a story.

Question 5

ballad

Answer 5

a type of poem that is sometimes set to music.

Question 6

sonnet

Answer 6

in poetry, a sonnet has lines, and is written in iambic pentameter.

Question 7

elegy

Answer 7

a sad poem

Question 8

verse

Answer 8

a single line poem

Question 9

stanza

Answer 9

an arrangment of certain number of lines, usally four or more, forming a division of a poem.

Question 10

rhyme scheme

Answer 10

the pattern of rhyme the comes at the end or each verse or line in poetry.

Question 11

meter

Answer 11

is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse.

Question 12

simile

Answer 12

compares two unlike things using like or as

Question 13

metaphor