Unseen Poetry Flashcards
(20 cards)
what is the fancy word for a verse?
stanza
what is the word for a stanza with 3 lines?
tercet
what is the word for a stanza with 4 lines?
quatrain
what is a ballad?
a stanza with 4 lines and a chorus
what is an elegy
written when someone has died
what is a freeverse
a stanza with lines of uneven lengths
what is a sonnet
14 lines and a regular rhymme scheme
the use of words which imitate sound
onomatopia
the purposeful re-use of words and phrases
repitition
the use of words with matching sounds, can be internal or at ends of lines
rhyme
a pace or beat of the poem which can vary from line to line
rhythm
words that appeal to the senses
imagery
comparing two things using like or as
simile
a comparison which says something is something else
metaphor
giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
personification
words and phrases which cause an emotional response in the reader
emotive language
lines with no regular structure, rhyme or rhythm
free verse
a pair of lines which usually rhyme
a couplet
a line which continues onto the next line
enjambment
a natural pause or break in a line usually by punctuation
caesura
