Key poetry terms/techniques Flashcards

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what is Alliteration?

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repletion of consonant, especially ones at the beginnings of sentences e.g. Slithering snake

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What is Anapaest?

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Foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stress.

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What is Assonance?

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Repetition of vowel sounds.

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What is a Blank verse?

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Unryhmed iambic pentameter

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What is caesura?

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Deliberate break, pause, turn, break.

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What is a Canon?

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collection works considered representative of a period or genre

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what is consonance?

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close repetition of consonance sounds - anywhere within the words.

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What is a couplet?

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A stanza of two lines - they can often rhyme

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What is a Dactyl?

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foot made up of a stress, followed by two unstressed

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What is enjambement?

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A continuation of movement from one line to the next -

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What is an epigraph?

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short verse/quote revealing a relevant theme.

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What is a free verse?

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Doesn’t have a regular rhyme, rhyme etc.

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What is a foot?

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Unit of measure in a line of poetry

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What is a hexameter?

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A line consisting of six metrical feet

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What is a hyperbole?

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A striking/ extreme exaggeration

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What is an iamb?

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Iambic- refers to the rhyme.

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What is imagery?

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Invokes the senses to create an image

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What is a metaphor?

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a comparison without using the words ‘like’ etc.

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What is a Meter?

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The rhythmic measure of a line.

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What is an Octave?

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A stanza of eight lines.

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What is a pentameter?

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Five metrical feet - equals 10 syllables (5 unstressed, 5 stressed)

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What is a Quatrain?

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Stanza of four lines.

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What is a Quintain?

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Stanza of five lines.

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What is a Refrain?

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Repetition of a line, might not always be exactly the same

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What is a Rhyme?
Words that sound similar, especially towards the end.
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What is a Rhythm?
Heartbeat of a line
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What is a Septet?
Stanza of seven lines
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what Is a sestet?
Stanza of six lines.
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What is a Simile?
A comparison using 'like', 'as', 'than' - e.g. red AS a rose
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What is a Spondee?
Foot consisting of two stress syllables
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What is a Stanza?
The lines making up a single unit in the poem; like a paragraph in prose
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What is a stress?
The syllable uttered with greater emphasis
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What is a syntax?
Sentence structure
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What is a Tercet?
Stanza or poem of three lines
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What is a tetrameter?
Line consisting of four metrical feet
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What is a trochee?
Foot consisting of stress followed by stressed then unstressed.
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What is a tone?
Feeling the poem evokes e.g. angry etc.
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What is a verse?
To refer to poem possessing more formal qualities
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What is a Ballad?
Poem written in song form
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What is an Elegy?
A poem written to mourn the death of somebody
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What is a lyric?
A short poem which explores a state of feeling, rather than narration.
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What is a narrative?
Poem narrates an event
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What is a sonnet?
Petrarchan sonnet - 14 lines, One Octave, one sestet, ABBA ABBA CDCCDC Shakespearian sonnet - 14 lines, four groups, three quatrains, one couplet, 10 syllables, iambic pentameter, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
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What is a Villanelle?
Traditional form - five tercets, followed by a single quatrain.