Poetry

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in the intervening vowels. Ex linger; longer, rider; raider; reader; ruder.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Comparison without words of comparison. (Like; as)

A figure of speech

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

Comparison using words such as “like” or “as”. Ex “her hands were as cold as eyes”.

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

Repetition of accented sounds at the end of words, usually at the end of lines.

Question 5

Internal rhyme

Answer 5

Rhymes occurring within a single line. Ex: Mary, Mary, quite contrary.

Question 6

Eye rhyme

Answer 6

Words that look alike but sound different. Ex: alone-done, remove-love

Question 7

Off-rhymes

Answer 7

Partial imperfect or slant rhymes, almost rhymes. Ex: yours-years.

Question 8

Meter

Answer 8

The pattern, beat, rhythm of a poem.

Question 9

Iambic foot

Answer 9

The basic beat- one unstressed + one stressed syllable. Think—> ta-TAM
EX. in’sist

Question 10

Pentameter

Answer 10

5 beats per line, 5 stressed syllables
Penta=5
—> 5 iambic feet per line

Question 11

Iambic pentameter

Answer 11

5 beats per line and 10 syllables

Question 12

Iambic tetrameter

Answer 12

4 iambic feet (=beats) per line

Question 13

Iambic trimeter

Answer 13

3 iambic feet (=beats) per line

Question 14

Trochee

Answer 14

Stressed+unstressed syllable = TAM-ta

Question 15

Spondee

Answer 15

Stressed+stressed syllable; TAM-TAM

Question 16

Stanza

Answer 16

The paragraphs of a poem

Question 17

Sonnet

Answer 17

14 line poem. 2 basic types:

Italian/Petrarchan: consists of an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines) and rhymes abba abba cde cde.

English/Shakespearean: consists of 3 quatrains (stanzas consisting of 4 lines); a couplet (a pair of rhymed lines); rhymes abab cdcd efef gg and is in Iambic pentametre( 5 beats per line and 10 syllables per line)

Question 18

Lyric

Answer 18

Express personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in first person.

All the poems from this course has been lyric poetry.

Question 19

Archaism

Answer 19

The use of old or antiquated words.

Question 20

Assonance

Answer 20

Repetition of the same vowel sound in two or more words in a line.
Ex. !A hOst Of gOlden daffOdils”

Question 21

Blank verse

Answer 21

Unrhymed poetry but very disciplined verse form: iambic pentametre. It´s close to the rhythm of speech but is distinguished by its style as a poem.

Question 22

Free Verse

Answer 22

Poetry written in irregular lines and without any regular metre. Usually no regular pattern or rhyme.

Question 23

Imagery

Answer 23

Ex: Bad weather can add to a sense of things being wrong while good weather add to a sense of sth positive.

Imagery covers every concrete object, action, feeling, metaphor and simile in a poem.

Question 24

Strong rhymes

Answer 24

Single stressed syllable; hill - still

Question 25

Weak rhymes

Answer 25

two rhyming syllables; one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable. Ex: HOLlow, FOLlow

Question 26

Half rhymes

Answer 26

Same as consonance; Repetition of the same consonants before and after different vowels in two words.
Ex: L_i_ve - L_o_ve

Question 27

Couplet

Answer 27

A pair of rhymed lines

Question 28

Heroic Couplet

Answer 28

Rhymed lines in iambic pentameter

Question 29

Tercet/Triplet

Answer 29

Three lines with a single rhyme

Question 30

Quatrain

Answer 30

A four-line stanza

Question 31

Rhyme royal

Answer 31

7-line stanza in iambic pentameter rhyming ABABBCC

Question 32

Symbol

Answer 32

An object that stands for something else.

Question 33

Ambiguity

Answer 33

Refers to that words can have different meanings, making us uncertain about what is meant.
The meaning of the WORDS, not the meaning of the poem.

Question 34

Aliteration

Answer 34

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words close to each other.