Vocabulary 6

Question 1

Blank verse

Answer 1

verse without rhyme, that uses iambic pentameter (10 syllables)

Question 2

Couplet

Answer 2

of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

Question 3

Narrative poem

Answer 3

Form of poem that tells a story, written in metered verse

Question 4

Ballad

Answer 4

Poem arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme ABAB, usually narrative and tells a story

Question 5

Heroic couplet

Answer 5

A stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter (10 syllables each line)

Question 6

Didactic poem

Answer 6

a form of poetry intended for instruction such as for knowledge or to teach.

Question 7

Dramatic monologue

Answer 7

a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.

Question 8

Dramatic poem

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Poetic foot (different types)

Answer 9

The amount of syllables in a poem/line. Aka; monometer

Question 10

meter

Answer 10

Pattern of beats, number of poetic syllables. Combination of accented and non accented sounds

Question 11

Emjambment

Answer 11

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Question 12

Extended metaphor

Answer 12

when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds throughout a poem or story.

Question 13

Euphony

Answer 13

quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.

Question 14

Internal rhyme

Answer 14

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.

Question 15

Lyric poem

Answer 15

When a poet writes an emotional, rhyming poem, she can call it a lyric poem. Lyric poems have a musical rhythm

Question 16

Octave

Answer 16

a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other.

Question 17

Quatrain

Answer 17

stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

Question 18

Ballad meter

Answer 18

can be strictly defined as four-line stanzas usually rhyming abcb with the first and third lines carrying four accented syllables and the second and fourth carrying three.

Question 19

Refrain

Answer 19

stop oneself from doing something

Question 20

Sestet

Answer 20

the last six lines of a sonnet.

Question 21

Sonnet

Answer 21

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 22

Ode

Answer 22

lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

Question 23

Assonance

Answer 23

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).

Question 24

Ceasura

Answer 24

(in Greek and Latin verse) a break between words within a metrical foot.

Question 25

Free verse

Answer 25

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Question 26

Scansion

Answer 26

the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm.