Types of poetry Flashcards
The other word for an English sonnet
Shakespearian sonnet
What does Carpe Diem mean, in short
seize the day
In What way does an Italian sonnet differ from the English sonnet?
An Italian sonnet has eight line section rhyming abbaabba, followed by a six-line sections (a sestet) which can rhyme in several ways. An English sonnet has three four-line section rhyming abab/cdcd/efef followed by a couplet, rhyming gg.
What is lyric poetry?
It is a comparatively short, non-narrative poem in which a single speaker presents a state of mind or an emotional state.
Which type of sonnet has a climax or a resolution in its couplet
Shakespearean sonnet
What is a sonnet cycle? and give an example
A series of sonnets on a particular theme to a particular individual e.g Petrach’s canzoniere
What is a haiku?
It is a Japanese verse of 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively.
What is the purpose of a haiku?
To express a single idea, image or feeling. Like a snapshot in words.
What are verses?
Lines
Name 2 poets that wrote metaphysical poetry.
John Donne and Andrew Marvell
What is Metaphysical conceit?
It is an elaborate figure of speech that includes metaphor, simile, oxymoron, or hyperbole, and this is intended to surprise and delight by its wit and ingenuity.
Which of the following poetic forms has the most lines
- Haiku
- Limerick
- triolet
- Sonnet
A sonnet
Is this a haiku?
An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
Splash! There goes silence again.
No
What kind of poem is this?
Five syllables start
seven syllables follow
five syllables end
Haiku
I think that i shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
These lines, from Joyce kilmer’s (trees), are an example of what
- a quatrain
- a tercet
- a couplet
- ottava rima
a couplet
