Form and Structure vocabulary

Question 1

stanza

Answer 1

a grouping of lines in a poem

Question 2

couplet

Answer 2

2 line stanza, often the same rhyme pattern

Question 3

quatrain

Answer 3

4 line stanza

Question 4

sestet

Answer 4

6 line stanza

Question 5

octave

Answer 5

8 line stanza

Question 6

volta

Answer 6

the sonnets turning point in thought or emotion

Question 7

prose poem

Answer 7

a poem that has more grammatical or longer sentences and or more narrative.

Question 8

narrative poem

Answer 8

a poem that tells the story though the voice of the narrator

Question 9

lyric poetry

Answer 9

characterized by the expression of the poets inermost feeling, thoughts, and imagination.

Question 10

sonnet

Answer 10

a 14 line poem, usually iambic pentameter

Question 11

shakespearian or English sonnet

Answer 11

a 14 line poem 3 quatrains and final couplet. presents poem in predictable ways. logical and stanzaic division usually coincide.

Question 12

Petrarchan or Italian sonnet

Answer 12

14 line poem, octane and a sestet. presents a problem which then is resolved.,

Question 13

formalism

Answer 13

a literary approach that follows traditional forms

Question 14

neo-formalism

Answer 14

a literary approach that employs traditional forms but with a twist that violates the form of traditional writing