Poetry

Question 1

oldest literary genre

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Poetry

Question 2

highly musical; expresses feelings and observation of a single person about a particular subject

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Lyric poems

Question 3

addressed in an exalted manner to some object or person, present, or absent

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Ode

Question 4

intended to be sung

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Song

Question 5

follows a certain verse form of fourteen lines and a fixed rhyme scheme

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sonnet

Question 6

has death or mourning as its theme; feelings are expressed in contemplative rather than exalted mood

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elegy

Question 7

stories expressed in verse with all the elements of a short story

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Narrative poems

Question 8

tells heroic deeds performed by legendary heroes

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epic

Question 9

story-song that is accompanied by a stringed instrument and song during festivals

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ballad

Question 10

deals with chivalry, love, and religion with a romantic element woven throughout the story

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metrical romance

Question 11

written in verse; characters who speak in verses as they act on stage. have all the elements of a play or drama

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Dramatic poems

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poem written as a speech and addressed by the speaker to some other character who remains silent throughout the delivery

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Dramatic Monologue

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act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play

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Soliloquy

Question 14

two lines per stanza

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Couplet

Question 15

four line per stanza

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Quatrain

Question 16

composed of fourteen lines

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sonnet

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a deviation from the traditional forms

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Free Verse

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Basic unit of composition in poems.

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Poetic line

Question 19

“Voice” of the poem; Considered as the speaker or fictitious character

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persona

Question 20

repetition of similar or identical sound between two words at the end of the poetic line

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Rhyme

Question 21

pattern of rhymes present in the poems; uses letters to indicate each rhyming word

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Rhyme Scheme

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Regularized and patterned rhythm; ask the range of syllables of the poem

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Meter

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Visible on sight wheen seen on paper

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Closed Form

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Has neither a rhyme scheme nor a basic meter

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Open Form or Free Verse

Question 25

Attempt of the writers to concretize abstract ideas

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Imagery

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Conveys an attitude towards its subject or theme.

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Tone

Question 27

What the poem is trying to make you feel

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Mood