Form

Question 1

Define:

Petrarchan Sonnet.

Answer 1

A 14 line poem split into an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines).

Question 2

Define:

Shakespearean Sonnet.

Answer 2

A 14 line poem in iambic pentameter composed of 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.

Question 3

Define:

Ballad.

Answer 3

A story in poetic form, often grouped in quatrains, with alternate lines of four and three beats, rhymed ‘a-b-a-b’.

Question 4

Define:

Elegy.

Answer 4

A mournful, melancholic or plaintive (sounding sad or mournful), especially a funeral song or lament for the dead.

Question 5

Define:

Monologue / Dramatic Monologue.

Answer 5

A poem voiced by a single character; most often to express their thoughts, or to address another character.

Question 6

Define:

Lyric.

Answer 6

A short poem of song like quality, expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.

Question 7

Define:

Epic.

Answer 7

A lengthy narrative poem celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.

Question 8

Define:

Blank Verse.

Answer 8

Verse comprised of unrhymed lines in iambic pentameter (a line made up of five pairs of unstressed / stressed syllables.

Question 9

Define:

Free Verse.

Answer 9

Verse comprised without metric pattern, un-rhyming lines of varying length.