Lit Poetry Flashcards
the correspondence of sound
rhyme
types of rhyme:
1. when the syllables are exactly alike
2. pairs words that are similar but slightly mismatched in sound
3. combines words that look alike but do not sound alike
- perfect rhyme
- slant rhyme
- eye rhyme
- rhyme that falls at the end of a line and in the middle and ends of words
- rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry
- end rhyme
- internal rhyme
the poem’s pattern of end rhyme
rhyme scheme
words that sound like what they mean
onomatopoeia
repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words
assonance
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
alliteration
the repetition of the final consonant sound
consonance
the specific combination of two or three stressed and/or unstressed syllables that repeats throughout the poem’s lines
poetic foot
u /
iambic
/ u
trochaic
u u /
anapestic
/ u u
dactylic
/ /
spondaic
the regular arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables; creates rhythm of a poem
meter
the process of identifying the two major features of meter in a particular poem (foot and meter)
scansion
most common type of meter
iambic pentameter
- one foot
- two feet
- three feet
- four feet
- five feet
- monometer
- dimeter
- trimeter
- tetrameter
- pentameter
poem honoring several men’s heroism
“The Charge of the Light Brigade”
poem with the theme recognizing the power of God
“The Destruction of Sennacherib”
refers broadly to compositions written in meter
verse
types of verse:
1. having end rhyme and regular meter
2. unrhymed iambic pentameter
3. no regular meter or rhyme
- rhymed verse
- blank verse
- free verse
poem describing a bird who lived in the mountains
“The Eagle”
poem set in winter that says the last sound in winter is crickets
“Splinter”
divisions of a poem based on thought, meter or rhyme
stanzas
- two lines of poetry
- four lines of poetry
- six lines of poetry
- eight lines of poetry
- couplet
- quatrain
- sestet
- octave
a narrative poem often derived from folklore, many of which end tragically
ballad
a line or group of repeated lines throughout a poem
refrain
a fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter
sonnet
types of sonnet:
1. One octave and a sestet
2. Three quatrains and a couplet
- Italian sonnet
- English sonnet
a Japanese form of poetry that comprises three lines, the first and last having five syllables and the middle having seven
haiku
a quintet (five lines), the first line contains one stressed syllable; the second, two, the third, three; the fourth, four; and the fifth, one
cinquain
a poem that arranges the sentences on the page to form a specific picture
shape poem
- poem about the unfairness of death
- poem with death as it’s theme
- “Bonnie George Campbell”
- Holy Sonnet 10
authors:
1. wrote “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
2. wrote “The Destruction of Sennacherib”
3. wrote “The Eagle”
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- wrote Julius Caesar
- wrote “Splinter”
- wrote Holy Sonnet 10
- wrote Sonnet 29
- Shakespeare
- Sandburg
- Donne
- Shakespeare
- wrote “400-meter Freestyle”
- wrote “The Altar”
- Kumin
- Herbert
