Poetry Test terms Flashcards
1
Q
2 lines
A
Couplet
2
Q
3 lines
A
Tercet
3
Q
4 lines
A
Quatrain
4
Q
5 lines
A
Cinquain
5
Q
6 lines
A
Sestet
6
Q
7 lines
A
Septet
7
Q
8 lines
A
Octave
8
Q
when two words in the same line rhyme
A
Internal Rhyme
9
Q
a line or lines repeated in poetry
A
Refrain
10
Q
The rhythmic structure of a poem created by the stress and number of syllables
A
Meter
11
Q
a type of rhyme when words are similar but not identical
A
Slant Rhyme
12
Q
3 types of poem
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Lyric, Narrative, descriptive
13
Q
Types of subtypes(10)
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Sonnet, Haiku, Elegy, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Epic, Blank verse/Free verse. Epitaph, Concrete
14
Q
Sonnet
A
14 lines that usually focus on love
15
Q
Haiku
A
3 lines, first line has 5 syllables, 2nd line has 7 syllables, 3rd line has 5 syllables each
