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Poetry Terms Flashcards

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imagery

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anything that appeals to the five senses; used to suggest states of feeling

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Theme

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A controlling idea or central message or idea of a poem; usually find it in the title or the refrain

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form

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physical structure of the poem-the length of lines, their rhythms, system of rhymes and repitition

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diction

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poet’s word choice and order of words

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tone

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the author’s attitude towards his/her subject

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stanza

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a division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form

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feet

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a metrical unit made up of stressed and unstressed syllables- 2 or 3 syllable construction

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iambic

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an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one (u’) (2 syllables)
ex. you BLOCKS / you STONES / you WORSE / than SENSE / less THINGS

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trochee

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‘u

ex. DA dum (FORest)

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spondee

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DA DUM (RED CAT)

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antapest

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da da DUM (like a WOLF) uu’

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dactyl

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Da Da dum (CUT THE flesh) ‘‘u

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monometer

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1 foot

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dimeter

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two feet

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trimeter

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three feet

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tetrameter

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four feet

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pentameter

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five feet

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hexameter

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6 feet

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heptameter

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7 feet

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octameter

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8 feet

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blank verse

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a line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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stressed syllable

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the syllable that receives the emphasis in a word

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unstressed syllable

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syllable that does not receive emphasis

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monosyllabic

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word that has only one syllable

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multisyllabic

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word that has more than one syllable

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rhyme

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repetition of the final sound of 2 or more words

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quatrain

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4 line stanza

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free verse

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poetry without a regular pattern of meter

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couplet

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2 line stanza

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triplet

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3 line stanza

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cinquain

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five line stanza

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sestet

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six line stanza

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septet

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seven line stanza

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octave

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eight line stanza

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alliteration

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repetition of the initial vowel or consonant sound in 3 or more words

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rhyme scheme

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labeling of the pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem

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assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds within a word

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consonance

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the repetition of consonant sound within a word

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onomatopoeia

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represents a word which suggests its meaning by its sound

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scan

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to analyze verse into metrical patterns

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poetic license

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when a poet uses language in a way that isn’t normal or correct

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verse

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a single metrical line in a poetic composition one line of poetry

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meter

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what brings the poem to life; refers to the pattern of the line of the number of stressed syllables in the line

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narrative

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tells a story usually longer than a lyric poem

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epic

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a longer poem about the great deeds of a hero

ex. Beowulf

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ballad

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a narrative that is often set to music its a story about someone’s challenges and trials in life

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idyll

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a poem about everyday events usually they have an opinion that life in the country is better than life in the city

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lyric

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shorter poems in which the poet shares an emotion with the reader

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sonnet

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14 line poem with iambic pentameter and a set rhyming scheme usually a love poem shakespeare was a great sonneteer

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pastoral

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a poem with or country life as a backdrop

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epitaph

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a poem which pays tribute to a dead person usually located on a tombstone

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