Poetry Quiz Flashcards
Poetry
Poetry
Definition
Literary work or form arranged in lines and stanzas
Poetry
The word poem comes from….
Word origins and meaning
The Greek word “Poima” which means work
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Poetry uses …… to communicate experiences thoughts or emotion
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Imaginative and musical language
Poetry
Speaker
Definition
Charactaer who speaks in, or narrates the poem. The voice assumed by the writer
Voice of the Poem
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Tone
Definition
Emotional Attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a poem.
Examples: Familiar, Ironic, Playful, Sarcastic, Serious, Sincere
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Are the speaker and the writer the same person?
Answer
Not Necessarily
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Setting
Definition
Time and place in which a literary work occurs
Poetry
Context
Definition
Conditions in which the poem occurs
Poetry
Context is closely related to setting but focuses more on the ….
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Environment of the time and place
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Common types of context
Mention
Historical
Cultural
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Figurative Language
Definition
Writing or speech that is meant to be understood imaginatively instead of literally. It is specially common in poetry.
Poetry
Types of Figurative Language
Mention
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
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Simile
Definition
Comparison that uses like or as
Example: “Cold as Heaven”
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Metaphor
Definition
Comparison in which one thing is written as if it were another
Example: “My joy is the joy of sunlight”
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Personification
Definition
Figure of speech in which an animal, thing, force of nature, or an idea is described as if it were human or given human qualities.
Example: “The hunger of this poem is legendary”
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Imagery
Definition
Descriptive language used to create a vivid picture in the mind of the reader and to appeal to the senses - primarily sight
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Rhythm
Definition
Pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry
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Rhythm can be…
Mention
Regular
Irregular
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Meter
Definition
Regular Rhythmic Pattern
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/
Marks ….. syllables
Stressed Syllables
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U
Marks ….. syllables
Unstressed Syllables
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Unstressed Syllables
Definition
no strong phonetic feeling
Poetry
Stressed Syllables
Definition
Where the strength of the phonetic is
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Rhyme
Definition
Repetition of sounds at the ends of words
Example: day, away
Poetry
Rhyme Scheme
Definition
Pattern of end rhyme designated by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to each rhyme
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme that occurs within lines
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End Rhyme
Definition
Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines
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Slant Rhyme/Near Rhyme
Definition
Use of words that dont exactly rhyme but have a similar sound
Example: Rock, Rot
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Structure
Definition
poems can be divided into stanzas or a group of lines
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Stanzas
Definition
Group of lines
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Types of stanzas
Mention & Definition
Couplet- 2 lines
Tercet/Triplet- 3 lines
quatrain- 4 lines
quintet/quintain- 5 lines
sestet- 6 lines
septet- 7 lines
octave- 8 lines
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Diction
Definition
Authors word choice
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Form
Definition
numerous recognizable elements a poem may contain
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Synonym
Definition
Different words with the same meaning
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Lyric Poem
Definition
Expression of emotions with a musical rhythm
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Sonnet
Definition
Poem with 14 lines, typically with 10 syllables per line
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Narrative Poem
Definition
Poem with only 1 speaker, the narrator, who relates the entire story
