Poetic Terms

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Repetition at the start of a line

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of a vowel sound anywhere within a section of the poem

Question 3

Caesura

Answer 3

Break in the line (eg. full stop midline)

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

Repetition of a constonant sound in a section of the poem

Question 5

Couplet

Answer 5

A pair of rhymed lines
(rhyming couplet)

Question 6

Enjambment

Answer 6

A flow on the line (where it carries onto the next line/stanze)

Question 7

Form

Answer 7

Specific type of poem
(Eg. Sonnet or haiku)

Question 8

Fricatives

Answer 8

Consonants that create a turbulent flow of air
(Eg. F or TH)

Question 9

Iambic pentameter

Answer 9

A line containing 10 syllables where the stress alternates from soft to heavy (5 pairs of syllables)

Question 10

Meter

Answer 10

Measurement of the rhythm of a poem

Question 11

Octet

Answer 11

A stanza with 8 lines

Question 12

Quartet

Answer 12

A stanza with 4 lines

Question 13

Ode

Answer 13

A poem in praise of something
(usually adresses and glorifies it)

Question 14

Oxymoron

Answer 14

Two words positioned together with contrasting ideas

Question 15

Plosive

Answer 15

Sound that explodes from the mouth (eg. P)

Question 16

Half rhyme

Answer 16

When the words almost rhyme

Question 17

Eye rhyme

Answer 17

When the words look as though they should rhyme but do not

Question 18

Sestet

Answer 18

Stanza with 6 lines

Question 19

Sonnet

Answer 19

14 line poem usually associated with love

Question 20

Staccato

Answer 20

Short and abrupt