Techniques Flashcards
1
Q
What is a caesura?
A
A stop or pause in a line of poetry
2
Q
What is a Volta?
A
A turning point in the line of thought or argument in a poem
3
Q
What is a free verse?
A
Non-rhyming, non-rhythmical poetry which follows the rhythms of natural speech
4
Q
What is a sestet?
A
A six line stanza
5
Q
What is enjambment?
A
The running over of a sentence from one line to the next without a piece of punctuation at the end of the line
