Poetry Terms and Literary Devices Flashcards
What is poetry?
“Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas… BY STYLE AND RHYTHM
“Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas… by style and rhythm.”
Poetry
What is a line?
A group of words that make up a row of a poem.
A group of words that make up a row of a poem.
Line
What is a stanza?
A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem… “paragraphs”
A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem… “paragraphs”
Stanza
What is a quatrain?
A four-line stanza
What is a sestet?
A six-line stanza
What is an octave?
An eight-line stanza
What is a couplet?
A two-line stanza in which the lines typically rhyme
What is a tercet?
A three-line stanza, typically rhyming
What is a refrain?
A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem
What is a phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem?
A refrain
What is enjambment?
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation
Enjambment
What is an end-stopped line?
A line with a pause at the end, ending with a
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What is rhythm?
An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.
An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.
Rhythm
What is rhyme scheme?
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines
What is tone?
The POET’S attitude towards the poem’s subject matter or audience
What is mood?
The feelings/emotions of the READER based on the poem
The POET’S attitude towards the poem’s subject matter or audience
Tone
The feelings/emotions of the READER based on the poem
Mood
What is onomatopoeia?
A word that imitates the sound it represents
