Types of Poetry Flashcards
(15 cards)
Villanelle
A 19-line poetic form consisting of 5 tercets followed by a quatrain.
Consonant
In articulatory phonetics, this is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract.
Italian Sonnet
A poem in a specific form which originated in Italy; Giacomo Da Lentini is credited with its invention.
Meter
The base unit of length in the International System of Units.
Sum
In math, it is the addition of a sequence of numbers; the result or total.
Limerick
Form of poetry in 5-line, predominantly anapestic meter (da-da-DA) with a strict rhyme scheme, which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent.
Homer
Best known as the author is the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Tercet
Composed of three lines of poetry, forming a stanza or complete poem.
Gilgamesh
The main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh; an Akkadian poem that is considered the first great work of literature and in earlier Sumerian poems.
Enkidu
A central figure in the Ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh.
Haiku
A very short form of Japanese poetry of 17 syllables in three lines; 5, 7, 5.
Ishtar
The Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and warfare, and goddess of the E-Anna temple at the city of Uruk, her main center.
Eulogy
A speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially one who died or retired or as a term of endearment.
Elegiac Stanza
A poetic form used by Greek lyric poets for a variety of themes usually of smaller scale than the epic.
Heroic Couplet
A traditional form of English poetry, commonly used in Epic and Narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter.
