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Elements of Poetry Flashcards

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slant rhyme

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half rhyme, or near rhyme

same ending consistent sound, same ending vowel sound

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scanning

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looking for stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

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lyric poem

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has rhyme and rhythm pattern

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song

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lyric poem set to music - type of lyric poem

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sonnet

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14 lines with elaborate rhyme scheme

includes- Shakespeare (3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet), Petrarchian (Octave and sestet) - type of lyric poem

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Ode

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dignified, lofty style and thought on a serious subject; can be long and formal or simple and short - type of lyric poem

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Elegy

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poem with theme of death or mourning the death of a loved one - type of lyric poem

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Dramatic Monologue

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characters speak and move, can be told by on speaker, can be blank verse - type of lyric poem

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Narrative

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tells a story - type of lyric poem

includes- epic poem, and ballad

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Epic Poem

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tells of the deeds of great hero of national or international fame, strong rhythmic pattern; long, ceremonious, dignified and lofty language - type of narrative and type of lyric poem

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Ballad

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short poem meant for singing, uses a refrain (group of words repeated at regular intervals), strong rhythm (mostly tragic in nature) - type of narrative and type of lyric poem

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Blank verse

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poem with rhythm but no rhyme

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Free verse

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poem with no rhythm and no rhyme

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Rhymed verse

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poem with rhythm and rhyme

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Mood

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the emotional tone conveyed by poem

includes- serious, sad, humorous, satirical, cynical, etc.

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Stanza form

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poetic paragraphs, a group of lines whose pattern is repeated throughout the poem

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Line

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one line - type of stanza form

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Couplet

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2 lines - type of stanza form

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Tercet

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3 lines - type of stanza form

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Quatrain

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4 lines - type of stanza form

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Quintet

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5 lines - type of stanza form

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Sestet

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6 lines - type of stanza form

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Septet

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7 lines - type of stanza form

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Octave

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7 lines - type of stanza form

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Sonnet

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14 lines - type of stanza form

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Irregular number

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blank or free verse - type of stanza form

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Rhyme positions

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End rhyme - found at end of line
Internal - middle word rhymes with end word in a line
Beginning - first syllables of lines rhyme

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Masculine rhyme

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rhyme of one syllable (house, mouse)

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Feminine rhyme

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rhyme of more than one syllable (lightning, frightening)

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Imperfect rhyme

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forced rhyme, looks like it should rhyme but it doesn’t (wind, kind)

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Rhythm

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patterns of beats created by stressed and unstressed syllables in line

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Foot

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The smallest rhythmic unit within a line of poetry

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Iambic

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x/

type of foot, type of rhythm

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Trochiac

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/x (slow and mournful)

type of foot, type of rhythm

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Anapestic

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xx/ (gallops and leaps)

type of foot, type of rhythm

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Dactylic

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/xx (slow and mournful)

type of foot, type of rhythm

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Caesura

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Internal pause in a line

type of foot, type of rhythm

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Meter

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the number of feet in a line of poetry

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monometer

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1 foot

type of meter, type of rhythm

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dimeter

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2 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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trimeter

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3 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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tetrameter

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4 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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pentameter

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5 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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hexameter

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6 feet

type of meter, type or rhythm

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heptameter

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7 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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octameter

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8 feet

type of meter, type of rhythm

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Simile

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a comparison of two essentially unlike things using LIKE, AS, or THAN

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Metaphor

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a comparison of two unlike things WITH OUT the use of like, as, or than

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Hyperbole

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an exaggeration for specific effect

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personification

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giving human like qualities to something non-human

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Symbol

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something concrete which represents an abstract idea

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the first letter of words in a series

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Onomatopoeia

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words that sounds like their meaning

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Assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

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the repetition of consonant sounds

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Haiku

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Japanese poem of three lines

usually relating to nature

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Lyric poem - terminology

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a short poem expressing thoughts or emotions of a single speaker

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Prose poetry

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poetry written in prose form using poetic devices

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Poetry

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rhythmic, compressed language using figures of speech to appeal to emotions

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Juxtaposition

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placing objects/entities side by side for effect (Hot and Cold)

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Tone

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the authors attitude towards a subject

tone and mood should mirror each other excluding satires

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Diction

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word choice

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Inverted syntax

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reversed word order from typical structure (things Yoda says)

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Anaphora

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repetition of words at the beginning of a line of poetry or prose

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