Unit 2 Poetry & New Vocab Flashcards
What is a stanza?
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse. It is like a paragraph but in poetry form.
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
“the alliteration of “sweet birds sang softly”
What is rhyme scheme?
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
What is free verse poetry?
Free verse has no pattern in line length or rhyme scheme.
Define Pastoral Poetry
Pastoral poems focus mostly on the landscape, nature or other aspects of rural (country) life.
Define: Shakespearian Sonnet
Poems by William Shakespeare that contain 14 lines of iambic pentameter (5 heartbeats) with a regular rhyme scheme and a couplet at the end.
What is a couplet?
Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. Couplets usually are located at the ends of poems.
Italian sonnets go by this other name
Petrarchan
What is a ballad?
A simple poem that tells a story usually of a tragic event, love, popular legend or act of courage. These poems often are passed through generations in the oral tradition.
Define: Elegy
A sad or thoughtful poem, reflecting on the death of a person.
What makes an epic poem?
Epic poems are often very long and retells a heroic journey involving superhuman deeds, adventure, and blends dramatic and lyrical artforms with stylized language.
Define: Hyperbole
An obvious exaggeration or overstatement
Define: Onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Define: Paradox
Reveals something true which at first is contradictory
Symbolism
Use of an object or action that represents more than its literal meaning
Idiom
An expression with a meaning different than the literal meaning of the words
Oxymoron
Two opposite words that make a combined term. Example: icy hot
Euphemism
A polite or delicate word or phrase in place of what may be embarrassing or crude.
Cliche
An expression that has lost its meaning or originality from overuse
Pun
A humorous play on words often involving double meanings
Anaphora
In writing or speech, the repetition of the first portion of a sentence or line to achieve emphasis and artistically play with the various ways to end the initial beginning of the sentence.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Apostrophe
Dramatically addressing someone or something that is not present or something that is not living. Ex. “You! Clouds! Why do you cry tears of rain?”
Internal Rhyme
Rhymes within one line of verse
