Poetry

Question 1

steps for poetic annotation

Answer 1

1. number lines
2. identify rhyming scheme
3. identify rhythm
4. identify stanzas
5. transcribe main ideas
6. identify devices
7. identify theme

Question 2

narrative poetry vs. lyric poetry

Answer 2

narrative: longer poetry focused on a plot, tells a story
lyric: shorter poetry with a narrow topic

Question 3

narrative poetry examples

Answer 3

• epic
• ballad

Question 4

lyric poetry examples

Answer 4

• song
• english/shakespearean sonnet
• italian/petrarchan sonnet
• villanelle
• dramatic monologue
• elegy
• ode

Question 5

epic

Answer 5

story told in verse which includes heroes, wars, gods, monsters and ancient historical events

Question 6

ballad

Answer 6

• story told in extended song
• often in quatrains with alternating eight and six syllable lines and an abcb rhyme scheme

Question 7

song

Answer 7

poem designed to be heard

Question 8

english/shakespearean sonnet

Answer 8

• 14 lines (three quatrains and one couplet)
• rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
• each quatrain has a separate idea

Question 9

italian/petrarchan sonnet

Answer 9

• 14 lines (one octave and one sestet)
• rhyme scheme either abbaabba cdcdcd OR abbaabba cdecde
• octave outlines problem or idea
• sestet solves it

Question 10

villanelle

Answer 10

• 19 lines (five tercets with rhyme scheme aba and one quatrain with rhyme scheme abaa)
• refrain #1 repeated in lines 1, 6, 12, and 18
• refrain #2 repeated in lines 3, 9, 15, 19

Question 11

dramatic monologue

Answer 11

poet describes something to the reader

Question 12

elegy

Answer 12

poem with formal language about death or mourning someone

Question 13

ode

Answer 13

poem which praises someone or something

Question 14

open form / free verse

Answer 14

unstructured poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm

Question 15

blank verse

Answer 15

unrhymed iambic pentameter (ex: shakespeare’s plays)

Question 16

closed form

Answer 16

regular rhyme and rhythm

Question 17

lengths of stanzas

Answer 17

• couplet: two lines
• tercet: three lines
• quatrain: four lines
• sestet: six lines
• octave: eight lines

Question 18

volta

Answer 18

shift in ideas which occurs at the beginning of the sestet in an italian sonnet

Question 19

internal rhyme

Answer 19

a rhyme within a verse

Question 20

apostrophe

Answer 20

special form of personification where someone absent or something non-human is spoken to as if it were present, alive, and able to respond

Question 21

metonymy

Answer 21

an object is used to relate to something that is related, but larger

Question 22

assonance

Answer 22

repeating vowel sounds

Question 23

alliteration

Answer 23

repeating initial consonant sounds

Question 24

consonance

Answer 24

repeating consonant sounds (not necessarily initial)

Question 25

onomatopoeia

Answer 25

when a word imitates the sound it describes

Question 26

repetition

Answer 26

words or phrases are repeated for emphasis

Question 27

dissonance

Answer 27

a commingling of harsh or discordant sounds