Poetry 3 Flashcards
Blank verse
Poem with a meter but no rhyme
Closed form
Follows an specific set of rules
connotation
the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning
Couplet
2 lines of poetry that rhyme
Denotation
what a word points to, names, or refers to, either in the world of things or in the mind. This only includes the word’s literal meaning and does not include metaphors and associations with the word
Free verse
No meter and no pattern
Heroic couplet
Iambic pentameter + couplet
Irony
a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality
Meter
System of determining a pattern of stressed and unstressed words
Mood
how word choice, subject matter, and the author’s tone convey an overall feeling that characterizes the emotional landscape
Motif
a recurring symbol that helps to establish a theme or mood
Open form
No rules
Pastoral
idealize rural life and the countryside and a need to escape from reality
Rhyme scheme
deliberate pattern of lines that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza
Rhythm
the pattern of beats made up of stressed and unstressed syllables resulting in the rising and falling of the voice
Scan
Process of finding the meter
Speaker
the distinction from the poet’s perspective and the perspective they use in the poem
Stanza
a group of lines that form the basic metrical unit in a poem, identifyed by the number of lines it has and its rhyme scheme or pattern
Syntax
produces the poem’s rhythm through the repetition of words and sounds of words
Tone
the narrator’s attitude as conveyed by their specific word choice
Poem with a meter but no rhyme
Blank verse
Follows an specific set of rules
Closed form
the use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning
connotation
2 lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
