Form and Metre Flashcards
What is a blank verse poem?
A poem with an unrhyming iambic pentameter
What is a free verse poem?
A poem that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme or metrical pattern
What is a Terza Rima poem?
A poem with a series of tercets (three line stanzas) concluding with a couplet (two line stanza)
What are epics?
A lengthy, narrative work of poetry usually decribing a heroic feat
What is a narrative poem?
A poem which tells a story
What is a pastoral poem?
A poem which concerns the natural world
What is a Petrachen sonnet?
A poem of 14 lines, usually concerning love divided into an octet (8 line stanza) and a sestet (6 line stanza) with a volta in between (Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDCDCD)
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
A poem of 14 lines, usually concerning love divided into three quatrains (4 lines stanzas), finishing with a couplet (2 line stanza) (Ryhme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
What is an elegy?
A poem that reflects upon a death or loss with themes of mourning
Another name for an elegy is a lament
What is an ode?
A poem which is a tribute to something (not necessarily something dead)
What is a ballad?
A poem which tells a story which is set to music
What is lyric poetry?
Poems that concern emotion (as oppose to epic and dramatic poetry)
What is a dramatic monologue?
A poem, where the narrator (who is not the poet) tells a story in first person which involves other people. As the poem progresses, we learn about often unpleasant aspects of the narrator which they unwittingly revealed
What is a didactic poem?
A poem which gives advice
What is the metre called where there is one foot per line?
Monometer
