Poetry terms

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Genre (poetic form)
How the poem appears on the page
Number of lines / stanzas
Stanza length - regular or irregular?
Meter
Rhyme
Speaker
Title

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Development and contrast of semantic fields, themes and imagery
Order of ideas
Extended metaphor
Development of tone
Foreshadowing / flashback
How it starts / ends e.g. in media res
Repetition
Sentence structure
Listing
Punctuation
Juxtaposition
Antithesis
Turning point
Narrative structure
Speaker / perspective
Time

Question 3

Language

Answer 3

Imagery
Pathetic fallacy
Semantic fileds
Symbolism
Repetition
Phonology
Onomatopoeia
Interrogatives
Capitalisation

Question 4

Main meters in english

Answer 4

Iamb - daDUM
Trochee - DUMda
Spondee - DUMDUM
Dactyl - DUMdada
Anapest - dadaDUm
Amphibrach - daDUMda

Question 5

Stanza lengths

Answer 5

Monostitch - single line
Couplet
Tercet
Quatrain
Quintain
Sestet
Septet
Octave

Question 6

Line length

Answer 6

Isometric - all lines have same meter
Heterometric - each line is a different length

Question 7

Sound vs spelling

Answer 7

Homophone - same sound, different spelling
Homonym - same sound, same spelling, different meaning
Homograph - Same spelling, different sound