Features of Poetry Flashcards by Althea Jazmine Batang

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It is a type of literature in which words and rhythm are strung together to form sounds, images, and ideas that might be too complex or abstract to describe directly.

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Poetry

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What are the four features of poetry?

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(1) It has an overall central theme or idea.
(2) It has mental pictures created by a poet thru language.
(3) It provokes thought and causes emotional response.
(4) It has elements.

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It is a set of lines forming the divisions of a poem separated by an empty line.

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Stanza

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What are the eight patterns of rhyme or meter?

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(1) Couplet - 2 lines
(2) Tercet - 3 lines
(3) Quatrain - 4 lines
(4) Cinquain - 5 lines
(5) Sestet - 6 lines
(6) Septet - 7 lines
(7) Octave - 8 lines
(8) Sonnet - 14 lines

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It is a division of a poem which is composed of words lined in a row.

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Line

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It refers to where an author has chosen to end one line in a poem and begin another.

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Line Break

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What are the two types of line breaks?

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(1) Enjambment
(2) End-stopped Line

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It refers to when the author has chosen to end a line without completing a sentence or clause.

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Enjambment

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It is a line that completes a sentence or clause.

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End-stopped line

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It is a rhythm that continuously repeats a single basic pattern.

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Meter

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These are words that end with similar sounds, usually at the end of a line or a poem.

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Rhyme

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What are the five types of rhyme?

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(1) Perfect Rhyme
(2) Consonant Rhyme
(3) Assonant Rhyme
(4) Head Rhyme
(5) Eye Rhyme

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It is a type of rhyme when the final stressed pattern or vowel and all following sounds of two words are identical.

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Perfect Rhyme

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It is a type of rhyme when there are rhyming consonants in words with different vowel sounds.

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Consonant Rhyme

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It is a type of rhyme when there are rhyming vowels in words but with different consonant sounds.

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Assonant Rhyme

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It is a type of rhyme when there are the same initial consonants at the beginning of the words.

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Head Rhyme

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It is a type of rhyme when the words are similar in spelling but not similar in sound.

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Eye Rhyme

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What type of rhyme is given below?

Bet and Bat

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Head Rhyme

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What type of rhyme is given below?

Night and Bright

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Perfect Rhyme

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What type of rhyme is given below?

Move and Love

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Eye Rhyme

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What type of rhyme is given below?

Tip and Dim

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Assonant Rhyme

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What type of rhyme is given below?

Bell and Hall

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Consonant Rhyme

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It is when the occurrence of these rhymes follows a pattern.

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Rhyming Scheme

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What is the pattern of the Alternate Rhyme?

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ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH

What is the pattern of the Couplet Rhyme?

AA BB CC DD

What is the pattern of the Monorhyme?

AAAA

What is the pattern of the Enclosed Rhyme?

ABBA

What is the pattern of the Triplet?

AAA

What is the pattern of the Terza Rhyme?

ABA BCB CDC DED

What is the pattern of Limerick?

AABBA

It is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of some poetry.

Meter

It can be found in English Language poetry across many centuries.

Iambic Pentameter

This refers to a line which is consisted of one foot.

Monometer

This refers to the line containing two poetic feet.

Dimeter

This type of line contains three feet.

Trimeter

This type of line contains four feet.

Tetrameter

This type of line contains five poetic feet.

Pentameter

This meter refers to a line containing six feet.

Hexameter

This refers to the line containing seven feet.

Heptameter

This type of line contains eight feet.

Octameter

It is a measuring unit in poetry, which is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Foot

What are the six types of meters?

(1) Iamb (2) Trochee (3) Anapest (4) Dactyl (5) Amphibrach (6) Spondee

It is a type of meter that is a combination of unstressed and stressed syllables.

Iamb (daDUM)

It is a type of meter that is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Trochee (DUMda)

It is a type of meter that is a combination of two unstressed syllables.

Spondee (dada)

It is a type of meter that is a combination of two unstressed and stressed syllables.

Anapest (dadaDUM)

It is a type of meter that is a combination of stressed and two unstressed syllables.

Dactyl (DUMdada)

It is a type of meter that is a combination of unstressed, stressed, and unstressed syllables.

Amphibrach (daDUMda)

TRUE OR FALSE One iambic foot can be a single word a combination of two words.

TRUE

It is a metrical foot with a "stressed weak" syllable.

Trochee

FILL IN THE BLANKS Trochee originated from the Greek word _______, originally from the phrase ____________, which means _____________.

(1) Trokhaios (2) Trokhaios pous (3) Falling or tripping foot

It is often contrasted with another kind of metrical foot, which is the iamb, and it is much older.

Dactyl

FILL IN THE BLANKS ________ is the root word of 'dactyl', meaning _________.

(1) Daktylos (2) Finger

It refers to the attitude that the poet takes toward his / her subject, and may be sensed through the use and choice of words.

Tone

It is the emotional effect on the readers.

Mood

It creates mental images about the poem's subject, and it uses the five senses.

Imagery

It is the central idea, and whatever the poem is all about.

Theme

It conveys feelings, thoughts, and ideas using symbols.

Symbolism