Elements Of Poetry Flashcards
_____main section of a long poem.
Canto
____A short poem, often written by anonymous authors comprising short verses intended to be sung or recited.
Ballad
____monologue is a poem in which character speaks to listeners whose response is not known.
Dramatic
_____is a poem that depicts life in an idyllic, idealized way.
Pastoral
____is a 19 line poem consisting of 5 tercets (3 line stanzas) with the rhyme scheme ABA and a final quatrain (4 line stanza) of ABAA.
Villanelle
____ is a 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.
Ode
_______ is a form of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
Lyric poem
What type of poem is this?
Mad Girl’s Love Song Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead,
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head)
The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary darkness gallops in.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head).
God topples from the sky, hell’s fires fade:
Exit seraphim and enter Satan’s men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
I fancied you’d return the way you said.
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head).
I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head).
Villanelle
An ode addresses a _________(known/unknown) person.
Known
An _____ poem is a long, serious, poetic narrative about a significant event, often featuring a hero. Before the development of writing, these poems were memorized and played an important part in maintaining a record of the great deeds and history of a culture.
One of the most famous examples of this type of of poem is, “The Illiad” by Homer which is about the Trojan War.
Epic Poem
What metric is most used in English sonnets?
A. Trochaic pentameter
B. Iambic quintet
C. Iambic pentameter
D. napestic pentameter
Iambic pentameter
Concrete poetry is a poetic form which _______.
A. Formal structure is foremost
B. Stanzas and couplets are used
C. Shape and visual effects are emphasized
D. Onomatopoeia is emphasized
Shape and visual effects are emphasized
