Key Poetry Techniques Flashcards
What is meant by the Latin term “memento mori”?
“Remember death”
What is meant by the Latin term “carpe diem”?
“Seize the day”
What is meant by a sonnet? What Italian word does it originate from?
A 14-line poem with one stanza in iambic pentameter
“Sonetto”
What is meant by quatrain?
A 4-line stanza with a rhyme scheme
What is meant by iambic tetrameter?
A meter consisting of 4 iambic feet and 8 syllables
What is meant by iambic pentameter?
A meter consisting of 5 iambic feet and 10 syllables
What is meant by the Italian word “volta”? What type of poetry is it used in?
Italian for “turn”
Sonnets
What is meant by an acrostic?
Where the beginning, middle and end letters of a line form a word
What is meant by assonance?
Vowel repetition to make a line sound sad
What is meant by a ballad?
A song which tells a narrative through dialogue
What is meant by a couplet?
A two-line stanza
What is meant by an elegy?
A slow poem written for a deceased person
What is meant by enjambment?
Where a phrase runs over across a line with no punctuation
What is meant by free verse?
Poetry with irregular verse and no rhyming scheme
What is meant by a triplet?
3-line stanza
