Poetry Vocabulary

Question 1

Dramatic Monologue

Answer 1

Poem in the form of a speech or narrative. The poet reveals aspects of their character while describing a series of events.

Question 2

Epic

Answer 2

A log poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

Question 3

Free verse

Answer 3

Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have regular meter.

Question 4

Lyric

Answer 4

Poetry expressing the pet’s emotions

Question 5

Ode

Answer 5

Lyrics poem addressed to someone

Question 6

Sonnet

Answer 6

Poem with 14 lines, usually 10 syllables per line, can have English or Italian.

Question 7

Form

Answer 7

Format of the poem

Question 8

Meter

Answer 8

Rhythm of stress in the poem

Question 9

Internal Rhyme

Answer 9

Words in the middle and end of the same line that rhyme.

Question 10

Iambic

Answer 10

X/

Question 11

Trochaic

Answer 11

/x

Question 12

Dactylic

Answer 12

/xx

Question 13

Anapestic

Answer 13

XX/

Question 14

Spondic

Answer 14

//

Question 15

Pyrrhic

Answer 15

XX

Question 16

Two feet

Answer 16

Dimeter

Question 17

Four feet

Answer 17

Tertrameter

Question 18

Six feet

Answer 18

Hexameter

Question 19

Seven feet

Answer 19

Heptameter

Question 20

Eight feet

Answer 20

Octameter

Question 21

Italian Sonnet

Answer 21

1. 14 lines

2. Octave (8 lines of abba) and 6 lines of cde

Question 22

English Sonnet

Answer 22

1. Iambic pentameter
2. 14 lines
3. Rhyme scheme:
   Abab -> 1st quatrain
   Cdcd -> 2nd quatrain
   Efef -> 3rd quatrain
   Gg -> couplet (Volta: dramatic twist)

Question 23

Rhythm

Answer 23

Patterns with stressed and unstressed syllables.

Question 24

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 24

Pattern of rhymes at the end of each line.

Question 25

Caesura

Answer 25

Break between words in the same line with punctuation, usually a coma; for emphasis.

Question 26

Enjambment

Answer 26

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line couplet of stanza.

Question 27

Couplet

Answer 27

Two lines of a verse; ends an English sonnet.

Question 28

Quatrain

Answer 28

Group of four lines in a poem, a stanza, usually has alternate rhymes.

Question 29

Apostrophe

Answer 29

An exclamatory speech addressed to a person or personified thing who is usually absent.

Question 30

Invocation

Answer 30

The act of appealing to a person of higher authority for help, typically a muse.

Question 31

Assonance

Answer 31

Repetition of a vowel sound, like alliteration.

Question 32

Consonance

Answer 32

Repetition of a consonant sound, like alliteration.

Question 33

Blank Verse

Answer 33

Poem that has no rhyme, usually in iambic pentameter.