english exam (january 2023) Flashcards
it has features such as lines, stanzas, rhyme, meter, and rythm.
poetry
it is a subdivision of a poem which is composed of words line in a row
Line (feature of poetry)
the end of a line is called ______?
line break
lines in a poem can be _____, _____, or _____?
acatalectic, catalectic, or hypercatalectic
It is a type of line that is metrically complete for it has the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.
Acatalectic
It is the opposite if acatalectic for it is metrically incomplete. It lacks either one or more syllables in the final metrical foot.
catalectic
It is a type of line that is metrically excessive for it has additional syllable or syllables to a metrically complete verse
hypercatalectic
It is a set of lines forming the divisions of a poem seperated with an empty line.
Stanza
couplet— _____ ?
2 lines
Tercet— ____?
3 lines
Quatrain— _____?
4 lines
Cinquain— ____?
5 lines
Sestet— ____?
6 lines
Septet- ____?
7 lines
Octave— ____?
8 lines
Sonnet— _____?
14 lines
It is the resemblance of sound occuring usually between or at the end of the words in poems
Rhyme
5 types of Rhyme
• perfect rhyme
• consonant rhyme
• assonant rhyme
• head rhyme
• eye rhyme
It is when the final stressed vowel and all following sounds of two words are identical (example : night and bright)
Perfect rhyme
It is when there are rhyming consonants in words with different vowel sounds (example: bell and hall)
Consonant rhyme
It is when there are rhyming vowels in words but with different consonants sounds. (example: tip and dim)
Assonant rhyme
It is when there are the same initial consonant at the beginning of the words. (example: bet and bat)
Head rhyme
It is when the words are similar in spelling but not similar in sound (example: move and love)
Eye rhyme
The occurence of these rhynes follows a pattern which is known as the _____?
Rhyming scheme
7 different rhyming schemes
• alternate rhyme
• complete rhyme
• monorhyme
• enclosed rhyme
• triplet
• terza rima rhyme
• limerick
Alternate rhyme
ABAB
Complete rhyme
AABB
Monorhyme
AAAA
Enclosed rhyme
ABBA
Triplet
AAA
Terza Rima Rhyme
ABABCB
Limerick
AABBA
This is the number of syllables per line and the systematic regularity in rhythm.
meter and rhythm
pattern
meter
flow of sounds
rhythm
it is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
meter
each syllable is called a _____?
foot
each foot may be considered equivalent to a ______?
beat
one foot
monometer
two feet
dimeter
three feet
trimeter
four feet
tetrameter
five feet
pentameter
six feet
hexameter
different types if constant beat patterns that the feet can occur in.
• iambic meter
• trochaic meter
• anapestic meter
• dactylic meter
• pyrrhic meter
• spondaic meter
It has the first syllable unaccented and the second accented
Iambic meter
It has the first syllable accented and the second unaccented
trochaic meter
It has the first two syllables unaccented and the third syllable accented
anapestic meter
it had the first syllable accented and the second and third unaccented
dactylic meter
it has two unstressed syllables
pyrrhic meter
It has two stressed syllables
spondaic meter
