Poetry Flashcards
Rhyme scheme of octave
ABBA ABBA
Short story leading to a larger point
Anecdote
3 lines
Haiku
Tells a funny story
Limerick
Eight lines; first part of an Italian sonnet; poses a problem, asks a question
Octave
6 lines; second part of an Italian sonnet; solve problem, Answer Question, drive home idea
Sestet
Generally doesn’t tell a story comes up with a thought or idea; strong emotion
Lyrical Poem
Rhyme Scheme of a sestet
CD CD CD
Rhyme scheme of Spenserian sonnet’s 3 quatrains
AB AB BC BC CD CD
don’t necessarily follow meter or rhythm
free verse
Rhyme scheme of Spenserian sonnet’s rhyming couplet
EE
ALWAYS fourteen lines, written in iambic pentameter, almost always about love
Sonnet
First part of an English or Spenserian sonnet; 12 lines
Three quatrains
Rhyming scheme of English Sonnet’s rhyming couplet
GG
Rhyming scheme of English Sonnet’s 3 quatrain
ABAB CDCD EFEF