Poetry Quiz Flashcards
What is poetry written in
Verse
What is poetry made up of
Stanzas
What are the two types of poetry
Traditional and organic
What is a poem’s structure or the way the words are arranged on the page
Form
What follows fixed rules and has a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme
Traditional Poetry
What is a long narrative poem like The Odyssey
Epic
What is a narrative poem that is written to be recited or sung
Ballad
Grouped lines that function like paragraphs in prose
Stanzas
What is A 14-line poem that has a set pattern of rhythm and rhyme
Sonnet
What is a meditative or commemorative lyric poem
Ode
What syllabic pattern do haiku’s follow
5/7/5
How many lines does a haiku have
3
A light or humorous poem with a particular rhyme scheme
Limerick
Organic poetry is all of these EXCEPT
Predictable
What are the two forms of organic poetry
Free verse and concrete poetry
What is Poetry that does not have regular meter
Free verse
What is poetry that conveys meaning visually through the arrangement of letters and words
Concrete poetry
what is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line?
Rhythm
what enhances the musical quality of a poem?
Rhyme
Where does end rhyme happen
End of lines
Where does internal rhyme happen
in the middle of lines
What is a regular pattern of rhythm
Meter
what is it called when meter is charted
Scansion
What is “ back off from this poem / it has drawn in yr feet / back off from this poem”
Repetition
