Poetry Flashcards

1
Q

Rhyme scheme of octave

A

ABBA ABBA

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2
Q

Short story leading to a larger point

A

Anecdote

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4
Q

3 lines

A

Haiku

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5
Q

Tells a funny story

A

Limerick

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6
Q

Eight lines; first part of an Italian sonnet; poses a problem, asks a question

A

Octave

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7
Q

6 lines; second part of an Italian sonnet; solve problem, Answer Question, drive home idea

A

Sestet

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8
Q

Generally doesn’t tell a story comes up with a thought or idea; strong emotion

A

Lyrical Poem

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9
Q

Rhyme Scheme of a sestet

A

CD CD CD

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10
Q

Rhyme scheme of Spenserian sonnet’s 3 quatrains

A

AB AB BC BC CD CD

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11
Q

don’t necessarily follow meter or rhythm

A

free verse

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12
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Rhyme scheme of Spenserian sonnet’s rhyming couplet

A

EE

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13
Q

ALWAYS fourteen lines, written in iambic pentameter, almost always about love

A

Sonnet

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15
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First part of an English or Spenserian sonnet; 12 lines

A

Three quatrains

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15
Q

Rhyming scheme of English Sonnet’s rhyming couplet

A

GG

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16
Q

Rhyming scheme of English Sonnet’s 3 quatrain

A

ABAB CDCD EFEF

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17
Q

Another rhyme scheme of a sestet

A

CDE CDE

17
Q

Second part of an English or Spenserian sonnet; uses last letters of rhyme scheme twice

A

Rhyming couplet