Poetry Boot Camp

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Occurrence of same sound

Draw attention to certain words revealing meaning

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

Repetition of sound

Question 3

Chain rhyme

Answer 3

Link stanzas together

Can show emotion of speaker, long overwhelming thought

Question 4

Near rhyme

Answer 4

Where don’t rhyme but sound like they do

Bring attention to particular words and sounds revealing poems message through specific emphasis

Question 5

Monosyllabic rhyme

Answer 5

Rhymes in stressed syllables emphasize certain words and patterns of the poet

Question 6

Ballad

Answer 6

Rhyme scheme of
A B A B B C B C
Oldest form of poetry

Question 7

Lyric

Answer 7

Emotional rhyming poem

Question 8

Ode

Answer 8

Poem in dedication to someone or something represents speakers love

Question 9

Pastoral

Answer 9

Rural peaceful idealistic life. For nature

Question 10

Quatrain

Answer 10

stanza of 4 lines of poetry

Question 11

Shakespearean/Elizabethan sonnet

Answer 11

Poem of 14 lines iambic pentameter,
rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Ending couplet

Question 12

Petrarchan/Italian sonnet

Answer 12

14 lines
iambic pentameter
First 8 are abbaabba
Last 6 vary

Question 13

Villanelle

Answer 13

19 line poem
five tercets and a quatrain
rhyme scheme of ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA

Question 14

Caesura

Answer 14

a break between words within a metrical foot.

Question 15

Euphony

Answer 15

the quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words

Question 16

Conceit

Answer 16

Elaborate metaphor

Question 17

Paradox

Answer 17

a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.

Question 18

Refrain

Answer 18

a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse.

Question 19

Hyperbole

Answer 19

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally