Poetry Forms Flashcards
1
Q
Different poetry forms
A
Sonnet
Villanelle
Ballad
Concrete
Elegy
Free Verse
2
Q
Types of Sonnet
A
Petrarchan
Shakespearean
3
Q
Number of lines in a sonnet
A
14
4
Q
Theme of sonnet
A
Love
5
Q
Meter of sonnet
A
Iambic Pentameter
6
Q
Rhyme scheme of Petrarchan sonnet
A
ABBAABBA CDECDE
7
Q
Structure of Petrarchan Sonnet
A
Octave
Volta
Sestet
8
Q
Rhyme scheme of Shakespearean Sonnet
A
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
9
Q
Structure of Shakespearean Sonnet
A
3 quatrains
Volta
Rhyming couplet
10
Q
Concrete Poem
A
Visual - meant to look like a particular shape/image on the page to enhance the poem’s meaning
11
Q
Elegy
A
Theme of death
12
Q
Free verse
A
Not fixed form or structure - anything
13
Q
Rhyme scheme of Ballad
A
ABAB ABCB
14
Q
Structure of Ballad
A
Quatrains
Lines alternate between 8 syllables and 6 syllables
15
Q
Rhyme scheme of Villanelle
A
ABA….ABAA
