Fireside Poet Terms Flashcards
1
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Cinquain
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Five consecutive lines of poetry
2
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Couplet
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Two consecutive lines of poetry
3
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Imagery
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Words or phrases that create mental pictures
4
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Meter
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Systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
5
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Octave
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Eight consecutive lines of poetry
6
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Quatrain
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Four consecutive lines of poetry
7
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Scansion
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The analysis of meter of a poem
8
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Sestet
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Six consecutive lines of poetry
9
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Stanza
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Unit of poetry consisting of two or more lines arranged in a pattern according to rhyme, meter, or rhythm
10
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Style
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Refers to the manner in which a writer puts ideas into words
11
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Tercet
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Three lines of poetry
12
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Tone
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A writer’s attitude towards the subject, characters, or audience
