English Flashcards
Closed poetry
Also known as fixed form, consists of poems that follow patterns of lines, meter, rhymes, and stanzas, whereas open form poetry does not. When writing a closed form poem, the poet follows specific rules to fit a model. Next, we will look at some examples of closed form poems.
Opened poetry
Also known as free verse, does not adhere to any rules or standards of rhyme, meter, rhythm, stanza count, etc.
Narrative poetry
Poetry that has a plot (beginning, middle, end) and tells a story. It usually only has one speaker who relates the entire tale. Narrative poetry can take on various poetic forms and techniques.
Lyric poetry
Alyricpoemisaprivateexpressionofemotionbyasinglespeaker.Itis characterized as highly musical verse and can appear in many forms such as the sonnet, ode, ballad, villanelle, and elegy. Lyric poems can be in closed form, but they can also be Written as open poems
Lyric poems of vision
Any type of lyric poem that uses a visual component to enhance the meaning and the reader’s experience. Found poems, concrete poems, and blackout poems are examples of lyrics of vision.
Lyric poems of emotion
Any type of lyric poem that is mystical sensual and emotional
Sonnet
A 14 line lyric poem that is narrated in the first person follows rhymes schemes and meters
Sonnetto
The Italian word for little song
Stanza
The Italian word for room. Stanza refers to the verse paragraph they are grouped fooling rhyme scheme metaphor symbolism etc
Elegy
A lyric poem of emotion expressing loss, grief, and mourning. The elements of a traditional elegy mirror three stages of loss. First, there is a lament, where the speaker expresses grief and sorrow, then praise and admiration of the idealized
dead, and finally consolation and solace. Many modern elegies have been written not
out of a sense of personal grief, but rather a broad feeling of loss and metaphysical sadness
End stopped lines
Lines of poetry that end with a grammatical boundary or break. such as a dash or closing parenthesis—or with punctuation such as a colon, a semicolon, or a period. A line is considered end-stopped, too, if it contains a complete phrase.
Enjambed lines
Lines of poetry that DO NOT end with a grammatical boundary, break or punctuation mark.
Meter
The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
Foot
The basic unit of measurement of accentual-syllabic meter.
Lamb
A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.
