Literary Terms Flashcards
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Poet
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The poet is the author of the poem
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Poetry
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A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)
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Speaker
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The speaker of the poem is the “narrator” of the poem
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Form
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The appearance of the words on the page
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Line
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A group of words together on one line of the poem
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Stanza
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A group of lines arranged together
7
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A two line stanza
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Couplet
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A three line stanza
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Triplet/Tercet
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A four line stanza
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Quatrain
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A five line stanza
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Quintet
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A six line stanza
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Sestet/Sextet
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A seven line stanza
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Septet
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An eight line stanza
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Octave
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Rhythm
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The beat is created by the sounds of the words in the poem
Rhythm can be created by meter, rhyme, alliteration, and refrain
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Meter
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A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
