Poetry Test terms Flashcards
2 lines
Couplet
3 lines
Tercet
4 lines
Quatrain
5 lines
Cinquain
6 lines
Sestet
7 lines
Septet
8 lines
Octave
when two words in the same line rhyme
Internal Rhyme
a line or lines repeated in poetry
Refrain
The rhythmic structure of a poem created by the stress and number of syllables
Meter
a type of rhyme when words are similar but not identical
Slant Rhyme
3 types of poem
Lyric, Narrative, descriptive
Types of subtypes(10)
Sonnet, Haiku, Elegy, Limerick, Ballad, Ode, Epic, Blank verse/Free verse. Epitaph, Concrete
Sonnet
14 lines that usually focus on love
Haiku
3 lines, first line has 5 syllables, 2nd line has 7 syllables, 3rd line has 5 syllables each
Elegy
a poem that expresses sorrow due to a death or the end of something
Limerick
a quick funny poem with 5 lines
Ballad
a type of narrative poem easily made into a song
Ode
a brief poem praising something or someone
Epic
a long, narrative, heroic tale
Blank Verse/ Free Verse
written with no rhyme and or/ meter
Epitaph
an inscription or written remembrance of a person
Concrete
the words form a shape that matches the topic of the poem
