POETRY 1 Flashcards
poetry
personal expression intensified by style and rhythm
prose
written or spoken language
verse or stanza
a number of lines within a poem forming a unity
line
one line in a poem (not necessarily a sentence)
couplet
a pair of following lines (2-line pattern) that usually rhyme and have the same meter
Quatrain
a stanza consisting of 4 lines
sextet
a stanza consisting of 6 lines
oxtet
a stanza consisting of 8 lines
sonnet
a poem consisting of 14 lines (if shakespearean: 3 quatrains and 1 couplet)
paraphrase
NOT a summary, but a ‘‘translation’’ of the poem into prose (‘‘normal’’ language). it explains or clarifies the poem, explaining each word, not skipping over words
end-rhyme
last sounds of lines rhyme
rhyming schemes
abab cdcd efef gg (=sonnet), abba or any other
