Key poetry terms/techniques Flashcards
what is Alliteration?
repletion of consonant, especially ones at the beginnings of sentences e.g. Slithering snake
What is Anapaest?
Foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stress.
What is Assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds.
What is a Blank verse?
Unryhmed iambic pentameter
What is caesura?
Deliberate break, pause, turn, break.
What is a Canon?
collection works considered representative of a period or genre
what is consonance?
close repetition of consonance sounds - anywhere within the words.
What is a couplet?
A stanza of two lines - they can often rhyme
What is a Dactyl?
foot made up of a stress, followed by two unstressed
What is enjambement?
A continuation of movement from one line to the next -
What is an epigraph?
short verse/quote revealing a relevant theme.
What is a free verse?
Doesn’t have a regular rhyme, rhyme etc.
What is a foot?
Unit of measure in a line of poetry
What is a hexameter?
A line consisting of six metrical feet
What is a hyperbole?
A striking/ extreme exaggeration
What is an iamb?
Iambic- refers to the rhyme.
What is imagery?
Invokes the senses to create an image
What is a metaphor?
a comparison without using the words ‘like’ etc.
What is a Meter?
The rhythmic measure of a line.
What is an Octave?
A stanza of eight lines.
What is a pentameter?
Five metrical feet - equals 10 syllables (5 unstressed, 5 stressed)
What is a Quatrain?
Stanza of four lines.
What is a Quintain?
Stanza of five lines.
What is a Refrain?
Repetition of a line, might not always be exactly the same
What is a Rhyme?
Words that sound similar, especially towards the end.
What is a Rhythm?
Heartbeat of a line
What is a Septet?
Stanza of seven lines
what Is a sestet?
Stanza of six lines.
What is a Simile?
A comparison using ‘like’, ‘as’, ‘than’ - e.g. red AS a rose
What is a Spondee?
Foot consisting of two stress syllables
What is a Stanza?
The lines making up a single unit in the poem; like a paragraph in prose
What is a stress?
The syllable uttered with greater emphasis
What is a syntax?
Sentence structure
What is a Tercet?
Stanza or poem of three lines
What is a tetrameter?
Line consisting of four metrical feet
What is a trochee?
Foot consisting of stress followed by stressed then unstressed.
What is a tone?
Feeling the poem evokes e.g. angry etc.
What is a verse?
To refer to poem possessing more formal qualities
What is a Ballad?
Poem written in song form
What is an Elegy?
A poem written to mourn the death of somebody
What is a lyric?
A short poem which explores a state of feeling, rather than narration.
What is a narrative?
Poem narrates an event
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.
What is a Villanelle?
Traditional form - five tercets, followed by a single quatrain.
