mid terms english Flashcards
ode
A kind of poem, usally praising something.
free verse
poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms.
haiku
a major form of japanese verse written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5,7 and 5 syllables.
narrative
a poem which tells a story.
ballad
a type of poem that is sometimes set to music.
sonnet
in poetry, a sonnet has lines, and is written in iambic pentameter.
elegy
a sad poem
verse
a single line poem
stanza
an arrangment of certain number of lines, usally four or more, forming a division of a poem.
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhyme the comes at the end or each verse or line in poetry.
meter
is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse.
simile
compares two unlike things using like or as
metaphor