Poetry Test Flashcards
Name all ten poems and their respective authors
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare
The Flea by John Donne
To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell
Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
Digging by Seamus Heaney
We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
Pilgrimage by Natasha Trethewey
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Goblin Market by Christian Rossetti
Lyric Poetry
a short and subjective genre of poetry that expresses the thoughts and emotions of the speaker
Dramatic Poetry
a genre of poetry where a clearly identifiable speaker addresses a clearly identifiable audience
Dramatic Monologue
a subgenre of dramatic poetry; a poem that features one speaker giving an extended speech
Narrative Poetry
a genre of poetry that tells a story
Form = Function
the idea that the structure and form of a poem can contribute to the poem’s meaning
Stanza
a poetic paragraph composed of lines
End-Stopped Lines
lines of poetry where the grammatical clause or sentence ends at the end of the line
Enjambment
a poetic form where the grammatical clause or sentence spills over into the next line
Rhyme
the effect produced when words have similar sounds
Free Verse
a style of poetry that has no distinct rhyme or meter (rhythm)
Meter
the rhythmic and recurrent pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry; the rhythm of the poem
Speaker or Persona
the perceived individual separate from the author presenting a poem
Allusion
a reference in a literary text to a person, place, or thing
Personification
the endowment of a non-human thing with human qualities
