Poetry #2 Flashcards
what is a stanza
a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit; a division of poem that is often referred to as a “paragraph of poetry”
what is a couplet
a two line stanza
what is a triplet
a three line stanza
what is a quatrain
a four line stanza
what is a quintet
a five line stanza
what is a sestet
a six line stanza
what is a septet
a seven line stanza
what is an octave
an eight line stanza
what is rhyme
the similarity or likeness of sound in two or more words
what is perfect rhyme
rhyme involving sounds that are exactly the same
what is imperfect rhyme
rhyme involving sounds that are similar but not exactly the same
what is eye rhyme
rhymes that depend on spelling rather than sound
what is end rhyme
rhyme between words that occur at the ends of two or more lines
what is internal rhyme
rhyme between words occurring within a single line of poetry
what is rhyme scheme
the pattern or sequence in which rhyme occurs
what is rhythm
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry; may be regular or irregular
what is meter
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
what is a foot
a unit of meter
what is scansion
marking lines of poetry to show the number and type of feet they contain
what is iambic foot
a two syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable. the most common foot in English
what is trochaic foot
a two syllable foot with the stress on the first syllable
what is spondaic foot
a two syllable with the stress on both syllables
what is pyrrhic foot
a two syllable foot with no stressed syllables
what is anapestic foot
a three syllable foot with the stress on the last syllable
