poetry Flashcards
what’s the traditional form if it has 3 quotations, then 2 at the end?
Shakesperan sonnet
What’s a ballad?
A poem that is typically arranged in quatrains with the rhyme scheme
What is it called when there’s 3 lines that rhyme?
A tercet
What are the suggested uses of a tercet?
Story - telling,embedding meaning, juxtaposition
What is it called if it has 6 lines and what does it usually mean?
Sestet and the suggested uses are exploring complex problems
What if it has 6 lines?
Quintain
What’s a verse with 4 lines?
A quatrain
What is it called when there’s a punctuation in the middle of a line?
Caesura
What’s a verse with 2 lines?
A couplet
Which traditional form is it called if it has 1 verse - 8 lines and second has 6 lines?
Italian sonnet
What is the technique called when it directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for a rhetorical effect?
Metaphor
What is two things being seen or placed close together with a contrasting effect ?
Juxtaposition
Give an example of a juxtaposition
“Small person and a tall person”
What is a sombre
A dull colour tone or mood within the poem representing a gloomy and shadowy atmosphere
What’s a hyperbole
Exaggeration effect