poetry Flashcards
1
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Sonnet
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- 14 line poem in iambic pentameter
2
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Free verse
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- follows the rhythm of natural speech
3
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Ekphrastic
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- vivid description of a scene
4
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Elegy
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- about someone dead
5
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Ballad
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- narration of a story in short stanzas
6
Q
Ode
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- praising or glorifying an event or individual
7
Q
Dramatic monologue
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- written in the form of a speech of an individual character
8
Q
Stanza
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- group of lines within a poem
9
Q
Anaphora
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- repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses
10
Q
Epistrophe
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- repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences
11
Q
Volta
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- an abrupt or sudden turn in thoughts or arguments
12
Q
Caesura
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- a break or a pause, usually in the middle of a line
13
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Rhyme
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- identical or similar concluding syllables in different words are repeated
14
Q
Enjambment/run on lines
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- continuation of a sentence or clause over a line-break
15
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End stopped lines
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- finished thought in the line
