Chapter Quiz: Closed Form Flashcards
Tercet
A group of three lines of verse, usually all ending in the same rhyme.
Acrostic
A poem in which the initial letters of each line, when read downward, spell out a hidden word or phrase.
Closed Form
Verse that has a regular, often symmetrical pattern (choose).
Fixed Form
A traditional poetic form requiring certain certain predetermined (choose a type) elements of structure.
Open Form/ Free Verse
Verse that has no formal pattern.
Terza Rima
A poetic form made up of three- line stanzas that are connected by an overlapping rhyme scheme (aba, bcb, ded, etc.).
Closed Couplet
Two rhymed lines that contain an independent and complete thought or statement.
Blank Verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter (Shakespeare Plays)
Epic Poem
A long narrative poem.
Couplet
A two- lines stanza of poetry, usually rhymed.
Conventions
Any established feature or technique that is commonly understood by authors and readers.
English/ Shakespearean Sonnet
A sonnet composed of 3 quatrains with a final couplet, and a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef (turning point of Shakespeare) gg.
Italian/ Petrarchan Sonnet
A sonnet composed of an octave followed by a sestet.
Octave
A stanza of 8 lines.
Sonnet
A fixed form of 14 lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter.
Quatrain
A stanza consisting of 4 lines.
Sestet
A poem or stanza of 6 lines.
Heroic Couplet
A closed couplet written in iambic pentameter.
Every poem has some kind of form.
True
Most poetry written before 1960 was open form.
False
Most poetry written after 1960 (Counterculture/ individuality) was open form.
Shakespeare wrote almost all of his plays in blank verse.
True
Tercets are the most common stanzas used in the English language.
False
Quatrains are the most common stanzas used in the English language.
By definition, the following is an example of a couplet:
Blow,
Snow,
Blow!
False
By definition, the following is an example of a tercet: Blow,
Snow,
Blow!
Acrostics date back to the Old Testament.
True
