poetry Flashcards
1
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describe free-form poetry
A
no particular pattern
2
Q
describe fixed-form poetry
A
follows a pattern or a set of rules
3
Q
- songlike quality
- emotions & personal feelings
- often short
A
lyric poetry
4
Q
- idylls and pastorals
- nature
A
simple lyric
5
Q
- emotional verses
- sung for various occassions
A
songs
6
Q
describe a sonnet
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14 lines
can be shakespearean or petrarchan
means “little love song”
7
Q
- praise for the dead
- sorrow & mourning
A
elegy
8
Q
- celebrates a person / idea
- personal emotion & meditation
A
ode
9
Q
- tells an entire story
- grew out of oral traditions
A
narrative poetry
10
Q
sung by traveling minstrels
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ballad
11
Q
- long, narrative
- supernatural hero
A
epic
12
Q
- can be about romance, a knight’s adventure, or courtly love
- can be real or fictional
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metrical tale
13
Q
name all the 5 types of lyric poetry
A
simple lyric
songs
sonnet
elegy
ode
14
Q
name all the 3 types of narrative poetry
A
ballad
epic
metrical tale
15
Q
name the 2 types of poetry
A
lyric poetry
narrative poetry
