Poetry

Question 1

A poem mourning a death of the passing of something highly valued

Answer 1

Elegy

Question 2

Short, pointed poem

Answer 2

Epigram

Question 3

An inscription on a gravestone

Answer 3

Epitaph

Question 4

A poem celebrating a wedding

Answer 4

Epithalamion

Question 5

Pastoral

Answer 5

A poem spoken by a shepherd; loosely, a poem in the countryside

Question 6

A night scene

Answer 6

Nocturne

Question 7

A goodbye

Answer 7

Valediction

Question 8

A direct second-person address to another

Answer 8

Apostrophe

Question 9

Asking a deity to be present among humans

Answer 9

Invocation

Question 10

Unstressed stressed

Answer 10

Iambic

Question 11

2 unstressed stressed

Answer 11

Anapestic

Question 12

Stressed unstressed

Answer 12

Trochaic

Question 13

Stressed 2 unstressed

Answer 13

Dactylic

Question 14

Stressed stressed

Answer 14

Spondaic

Question 15

Both unstressed

Answer 15

Pyrrhic

Question 16

Iambic pentameter couplet that is end-stopped and frequently pointed and witty

Answer 16

Heroic couplet

Question 17

3 line stanza

Answer 17

Tercet

Question 18

Pentameter tercet with interlinked rhymes

Answer 18

Terza rima

Question 19

4 line stanza

Answer 19

Quatrain

Question 20

7 line stanza in iambic pentameter

Answer 20

Rime royal

Question 21

8 line iambic pentameter

Answer 21

Ottava rima

Question 22

9 line form in iambic pentameter

Answer 22

Spenserian stanza

Question 23

Consists of octave and sestet

Answer 23

Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

Question 24

3 quatrains and a couplet rhymed

Answer 24

Shakespearean/Spenserian Sonnet

Question 25

Rhymed ababcdcdefefgg

Answer 25

Shakespearean sonnet

Question 26

Rhymed ababbcbccdcdee

Answer 26

Spenserian sonnet

Question 27

A pentameter poem consisting of 6 stanzas of 6 lines with repeated end words plus a 3 line coda

Answer 27

Sestina

Question 28

A poem of 5 pentameter tercets rhyming aba followed by a quatrain rhyming abaa

Answer 28

Villanelle

Question 29

Has no set form but is defined by its content: it is lofty or sublime, often using apostrophe and has an exalted tone

Answer 29

Ode

Question 30

A drawn poem in which one of the lovers, usually, is waked by the sun and speaks

Answer 30

Aubade

Question 31

Subject

Answer 31

Agent of the verb

Question 32

is incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation. Lines without are end-stopped.

Answer 32

Enjambment

Question 33

a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word.

Answer 33

Metonymy

Question 34

is the use of a deliberate confusion of scale, in which a poet refers to one thing in terms of a part of it - or in terms of what it is a part of.

Answer 34

Synecdoche

Question 35

a type of emotional songlike poetry, distinguished from dramatic and narrative poetry

Answer 35

Lyric poetry

Question 36

any drama that is written in verse that is meant to be recited. It usually tells a story or refers to a situation. This would include closet drama, dramatic monologues, and rhyme verse.

Answer 36

Dramatic poetry

Question 37

directly instructional or informational: it teaches or explains something, such as a truth or moral.

Answer 37

Didactic poetry

Question 38

a type of poetry where the first, last or other letters in a line spell out a particular word or phrase. The most common and simple form is where the first letters of each line spell out the word or phrase.

Answer 38

Acrostic

Question 39

a treatise on the art of poetry or poetics.

Answer 39

Ars poetica

Question 40

poetry or art in which the visual arrangement of text, images and symbols is important in conveying the intended effect of the work. sometimes referred to as concrete poetry

Answer 40

Visual poetry