Poetry - Form and Structure

Question 1

Grouping of lines in a poem, often rhyming with a shared metre (rhythm).

Answer 1

Stanza

Question 2

Two-line stanza.

Answer 2

Couplet

Question 3

Four-line stanza.

Answer 3

Quatrain

Question 4

Six-line stanza.

Answer 4

Sestet

Question 5

Eight-line stanza.

Answer 5

Octave

Question 6

Repetition of word or phrase in beginning of successive lines or stanzas.

Answer 6

Anaphora

Question 7

Poem that tells a story through the voice of a narrator.

Answer 7

Narrative Poem

Question 7

Poem characterized by expression of poet’s feelings, told through a speaker.

Answer 7

Lyric Poem

Question 8

14 line lyric poem.

Answer 8

Sonnet

Question 9

14 line lyric poem comprised of an octave and a sestet (rhyme scheme abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd).

Answer 9

Italian / Petrarchan sonnet

Question 10

14 line lyric poem comprised of three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet in scheme abab cdcd efef gg.

Answer 10

English / Shakespearean / Elizabethan sonnet

Question 11

A sonnet’s turning point. (in start of sestet for Italian, in start of couplet for English)

Answer 11

Volta

Question 12

Literary approach that follows traditional forms.

Answer 12

Formalism

Question 13

Poetry without standardized rhymes, metre or structure.

Answer 13

Free Verse

Question 14

Literary approach that employs traditional forms with some twists.

Answer 14

Neo-Formalism