Poetic Terms Sept 2014

Question 1

Rhyme

Answer 1

the similarity or likeness of sounds between two words

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

a random or regular occurrence of sound. regular rhythm is meter, random rhythm is free verse.

Question 3

Sonnet

Answer 3

A poem consisting of 16 lines and am iambic pentameter

Question 4

Italian sonnet

Answer 4

two parts: An octave and a sestet. Usually rhyming abbaabba, cdecde. Often a question is raised in the octave and answered in the sestet.

Question 5

Shakespearean sonnet

Answer 5

aka English/Elizabethan sonnet. Consists of three quatrains, and a final rhyming couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab, cscs, efef, gg. Usually the question or theme is set forth in the quatrains while the answer to resolution appears in the final couplet.

Question 6

Stanza

Answer 6

The division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains

Question 7

Couplet

Answer 7

Two line stanza

Question 8

Triplet

Answer 8

Three line stanza

Question 9

Quatrain

Answer 9

Four line stanza

Question 10

Quintet

Answer 10

Five line stanza

Question 11

Sestet

Answer 11

Six line stanza

Question 12

Septet

Answer 12

Seven line stanza

Question 13

Octave

Answer 13

Eight line stanza

Question 14

Verse

Answer 14

A metric line of poetry. It is named according to the kind and number of feet composing it.

Question 15

Monometer

Answer 15

one foot

Question 16

Dimeter

Answer 16

two feet

Question 17

Trimeter

Answer 17

three feet

Question 18

Tetrameter

Answer 18

four feet

Question 19

Pentameter

Answer 19

five feet

Question 20

Hexameter

Answer 20

six feet

Question 21

Heptameter

Answer 21

seven feet

Question 22

Octometer

Answer 22

eight feet