Poetry Deck Flashcards
1
Q
What is an octave?
A
eight lines of iambic pentameter
2
Q
What is a sestet?
A
six lines of poetry
3
Q
What is a quatrain?
A
four lines of a verse
have a specific rhyme
4
Q
What is a couplet?
A
pair of lines
have a rhyme/same meter
5
Q
What is a Volta?
A
a shift or change in thought
6
Q
What is an iambic pentameter?
A
a pattern of stressed and unstressed pentameters
7
Q
Traits of the Italian/Petrarchan poem?
A
- first 8 lines are an octave (two fused quatrains) (ABBA ABBA)
- last 6 lines are a sestet (two fused tercets) (ABC ABC or ABA BAB)
- volta between octave and sestet
8
Q
Traits of Shakespearean/English/Elizabethan poem?
A
- 3 quatrains (ABAB CDCD EFEF)
- one couplet (GG)
- volta usually at the couplet
9
Q
Traits of Spenserian poem?
A
- similar to Shakespearean sonnet but with interlocking rhyme scheme
- 3 quatrains (ABAB BCBC CDCD)
- one couplet (EE)
- volta usually at couplet
