Poetry

Question 1

• a type of literature based on the interplay of words and rhythm.
• It often employs rhyme and meter (a set of rules governing the number and arrangement of syllables in each line).

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Poetry

Question 2

It is the recurring pattern of stressed (accented, or long) and unstressed (unaccented, or short) syllables in lines of a set length.

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Rhythm

Question 3

3 classifications of rhythm

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Stanza
Meter
Foot

Question 4

It is the equivalent of a paragraph in prose.
The number of lines varies in different kinds of ___, but it is uncommon for a ___ to have more than twelve lines.
The pattern is determined by the number of feet in each line, and by its metrical or rhyme scheme.

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Stanza

Question 5

2 lines
3 lines 
4 lines
5 lines
6 lines
7 lines
8 lines
9 lines
10 lines

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2 = heroic couplet 
3 = tercet, terza rima 
4 = Quatrain
5 = Quintet 
6 = Sestet 
7 = septet, heptastich 
8 = octet, octava rima 
9 = nonet, Spenserian Stanza 
10 = Decastich

Question 6

• It is the basic rhythmic structure of a line.
• It consists of two components: (a) number of syllables and (b) a pattern of emphasis on those syllables.
• The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse.

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Meter

Question 7

= unstressed, stressed (ta-TUM)
= stressed, unstressed (TUM-ta)
= (1) stressed, (2) unstressed (TUM-ta-ta)
= (2) unstressed, (1) stressed (ta-ta-TUM)
= (2) stressed (TUM-TUM)
= (2) unstressed (ta-ta)

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Iamb
Trochee
Dactyl
Anapest
Spondee
Phyrrus

Question 8

• It is the basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or group of stressed and unstressed syllables.
• Groups of syllables are known as metrical feet; each line of verse is made up of a set number of feet.

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Foot

Question 9

= 1 syllable
= 2 syllables
= 3 syllables
= 4 syllables
= 5 syllables
= 6 syllables
= 7 syllables
= 8 syllables
= 9 syllables

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Monometer 
Dimeter
Trimeter 
Tetrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter 
Heptameter 
Octameter 
Nonameter

Question 10

It refers to the regular recurrence of similar sounds

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Rhyme

Question 11

recurrence of similar sounds usually the end of the lines

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end rhyme

Question 12

recurrence of similar sounds within the line

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internal rhyme

Question 13

the stress is on the final syllable

Example: mind-behind

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Single Rhyme

Question 14

the stress is penultimate or second-to-last syllable

Example: toasting-roasting

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Double Rhyme

Question 15

the stress on the antepenultimate or third-from-last

Example: terrible-wearable

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Dactylic Rhyme

Question 16

the same sounds occur in two words but in unstressed syllable.
Example: thing-missing

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Imperfect/Near Rhyme

Question 17

homonyms in English don’t satisfy the rules of perfect rhymes because while the vowels are matching, the preceding consonants also match therefore the rhyme is considered inferior.
Example: way-whey-weigh

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Identical Rhyme

Question 18

many words are spelled in the same way, yet have different pronunciations.
Example: good-food

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Eye Rhyme

Question 19

It is the repetition of identical consonant sounds.

Example: Full fathom five thy father lies.

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Alliteration

Question 20

Device where the sound of the words suggests the thing itself.
Example: tinkle, whisper, hiss, buzz, bang, crash, zoom, murmur

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Onomatopoeia

Question 21

Repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds.
Example: O, the groans that opened to his ears.

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Assonance

Question 22

Repetition of final consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds.
Example: The beast climbed fast to the crest.

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Consonance

Question 23

is the speaker, the “I” of the poem. It is a fictional personage, not at all equivalent to the poet, who may not be speaking to the reader but to another character in the poem.

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Persona

Question 24

are images or concrete references that stand for something else in reality and suggest another level of meaning

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Symbols

Question 25

is a term with a range of meanings, all of them involving some sort of discrepancy or incongruity

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Irony

Question 26

3 Types of Irony

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1. Verbal Irony
2. Dramatic Irony
3. Situational Irony

Question 27

it occurs when a narrator or character says one thing and means something else. What is said is actually the opposite of what is meant/intended.

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Verbal Irony

Question 28

it occurs when a reader perceives something that a character or narrator in a work of literature does not know. It is also the contrast between what a character or narrator says and what a reader knows to be true.

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Dramatic Irony

Question 29

it is the discrepancy between appearance and reality, or between expectation and fulfillment, or between what is and what would seem appropriate

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Situational Irony

Question 30

• refers to expressions evocative of sensuous appeal. It may be in the form of direct description or may be figurative (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and gustatory).
• It is the use of words to create pictures.
  In other words, it is the creation of pictures or images in the mind of the reader’s by the use of words that appeal to the senses.

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Imagery

Question 31

7 types of Imagery

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1. Visual imagery
2. Auditory imagery
3. Olfactory imagery
4. Gustatory imagery
5. Tactile imagery
6. Kinesthetic imagery
7. Organic imagery

Question 32

appeals to the sense of sight, and plays the largest role in imagery in literature. Anything relating to visual scenes, graphics, pictures, or the sense of sight.

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Visual imagery

Question 33

relates to sounds, noises, music, sense of hearing or choosing words with a sound that imitates real sounds in the form of onomatopoeia. Words such as “bang!” “achoo!” “cacaw!” “buzz!” all work to describe sounds that most people are familiar with.

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Auditory imagery

Question 34

concerns aromas, smell, odors, scents, or the sense of smell. Olfactory imagery describes a particular scent.

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Olfactory imagery

Question 35

pertains to tastes, flavors, palates or the sense of taste. In other words, gustatory imagery refers to words, descriptions or pictures in your brain that make you think of taste.

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Gustatory imagery

Question 36

concerns to physical touches, textures or the sense of touch.

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Tactile imagery

Question 37

extends beyond the five senses. This imagery deals with the movement or action of objects or people. It pertains to movements or the sense of bodily motion.

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Kinesthetic imagery

Question 38

• concerns on feeling or emotion within the reader.
• or subjective imagery, pertains to personal experiences of a character’s body, including emotion and the senses of hunger, thirst, fatigue, and pain.

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Organic imagery

Question 39

• the attitude of the speaker or persona in the poem towards another character or towards his subject matter: angry, hopeful, bitter, nostalgic, compassionate, admiring, sorrowful, amused, sincere, sarcastic, etc. It is generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

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Tone

Question 40

• also known as atmosphere
• is the overall feeling for the audience an author creates in his writing.
• When you read a text and you have a particular feeling that you associate with the descriptive language, you are experiencing mood.

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Mood

Question 41

• is the central message or meaning of the poem.
• The truth about life is revealed and enlightened in the poem.
• It can be stated directly or indirectly.
• It is the human condition and the system of values that the topic of the literature deals with.

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