Poetry Flashcards
What are the main forms of narrative verse?
Epic and ballad
What type of poetry is one of the simplest forms, because there is only one basic rule: the poem must tell a story
Narrative
Narrative poems can be…
Funny, sad, or solemn
Do narrative poems ryme
They may or may not
What poem is a song
Ballad
How long are a ballads stanzas
Short and four lines
What is the rhyme scheme of a ballad
Abcd
What subjects do ballads usually deal with
Folk lore or popular legends
What is a long serious poem in an elevated style
Epic
What does an epic tell the story of
The life and works of a heroic or mythological figure
What are two famous examples of the epic genre
The Iliad and the odyssey
What is a five line poem that’s meant to be funny with rhythm
Limerick
What is the rhyme scheme of a limerick
Aabba
True or false, the rhythm is just as important as the rhyme in a limerick
True
How many beats do lines 1 2 and 5 have in a limerick
9
Lines 3 and 4 of a limerick usually have how many beats
6
Which last words rhyme in a limerick
The last words of 1 2 and 5 and 3 and 4
Which line in a funny limerick contains the punch line
The last line
What is a short poem with one speaker who expresses thought and feeling. The emotion is or seems personal and may be complex and intense
Lyric poetry
True or false, in Ancient Greece the lyric poem was written to be sung, accompanied by a lyre
True
What are examples of lyric poetry
The elegy, ode, and sonnet
What is a Japanese poem with no rhyme that can be about anything
Haiku
How many lines do haiku poems have
3
How many syllables do each line in a haiku have
First line 5
Second line 7
Third line 5
What is a lyric poem that Shakespeare was known for
Sonnet
How many lines does a sonnet have
14
Does a sonnet have a fixed rhyme scheme
Yes
How many syllables are in each line of a sonnet
10
What rhyme scheme is at least Shakespeare’s sonnet
Abab, c d c d , e f e f, gg
What is poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, pattern, etc.
Free verse
