Poetry Terminology Flashcards
Once upon a midnight
dreary, while I pondered,
weak and weary,
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
A) Internal rhyme
Internal rhyme: Part of the rhyme in within the internal structure of the stanza (not on the ends).
I dreamt a dream! What can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne’er beguiled!
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
B) End rhyme
End rhyme: The rhymes are at the ends of the verses.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
C) Slant rhyme
Slant rhyme: (also called half rhyme, near rhyme, imperfect rhyme, oblique rhyme) is when the stressed syllables of the consonants match BUT the preceding vowels don’t.
In the provided slant rhyme example, the common consonant is “L” (soul, all).
Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,
Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and
bower,
Have forfeited their ancient English dower
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
D) Feminine rhyme
Feminine rhyme: (double rhyme): a rhyme that matches two or more syllables. The final syllable(s) is/are unstressed, and it is usually at the end of the verse.
In this feminine rhyme, ho-ur, bow-er, and dow-er are not stressed at the end; they are stressed second to last.
Death, be not proud, though some have
called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost
overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill
me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures
be,
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
E) Masculine rhyme
Masculine rhyme: matches only one syllable. Usually, the final syllable is stressed, and it is usually at the end of the line. These are the majority of all rhymes in English-language poetry.
A noiseless, patient spider,
I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood,
isolated;
Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of
itself;
Ever unreeling them – ever tirelessly speeding them.
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
F) Free verse
Free verse: doesn’t follow a regular meter or rhythm. It is the closest form to imitating conversation.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
This stanza structure is an example of:
A) Internal rhyme B) End rhyme C) Slant rhyme D) Feminine rhyme E) Masculine rhyme F) Free verse G) Blank verse
G) Blank verse
Has a set meter, usually in iambic pentameter (5 stresses, 10 syllables), but does not rhyme. It is extremely popular. Shakespeare was well known for using iambic pentameter and blank verse.
Types of Blank Verse poetry:
- Iamb pentameter: unstressed/stressed syllables.
- Trochee: stressed/unstressed syllables.
- Anapest: unstressed/unstressed syllables.
- Dactyl: stressed/unstressed/unstressed.
A 2-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Couplet
A 3-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Tercet
A 4-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Quatrain
A 5-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Quintain
A 6-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Sestet
A 7-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Septet
An 8-line stanza.
- Couplet
- Quintain
- Quatrain
- Tercet
- Octave
- Septet
- Sestet
- Octave
A poetic device that serves as a linguistic sound pattern for the verses, as it gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound.
It contains stressed and unstressed syllabic patterns in a verse or within the lines of a poem. Stressed syllables tend to be longer, and unstressed shorter.
- Rhyme
- Foot
- Meter
- End Rhyme
- Internal Rhyme
- Meter
A combination of two or more syllables which form a unit of rhythm. The number of _____ per line is how we analyze _____.
- Meter, foot
- End rhyme, internal rhyme
- Foot, meter
- Meter, rhyme
- Rhyme, meter
- Foot, meter
