literary forms and genre Flashcards
what is sonnet
fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization.
iambic pentameter
iambic (unaccent/accent): christine.
pentameter: 5 beats
what is the poetic form of the following poem?:
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
sonnet
what is haiku
17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
what poetic form is the following?: A summer river being crossed
how pleasing
with sandals in my hands!
haiku
what is epic
long, serious, poetic narrative about a significant event, often featuring a hero.
what are some examples of epic poetry?
the odyssey
divine comedy
what is free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
who are some authors that write in free verse
ezra pound
emily dickinson
walt whitman
what poetic form is being used in the following: Come slowly, Eden Lips unused to thee. Bashful, sip thy jasmines, As the fainting bee, Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums, Counts his nectars—alights, And is lost in balms!
free verse
what is a couplet?
a pair of lines of metre in poetry. usually comprise two lines that rhyme and have the same metre.
what poetic form is being used in the following?:
“The time is out of joint, O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right!”
couplet
what is elegy?
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
what poetic form is being used in the following?:
“Here Captain! dear father!/This arm beneath your head;/It is some dream that on deck,/You’ve fallen cold and dead.”-“O Captain! My Captain!”
elegy
what is limerick?
a humorous rhyming poem that is usually around five lines in length and that often contains a bawdy story or joke.
