Vacab Flashcards
1
Q
Stanza
A
Lines of poetry
2
Q
Couplet
A
Stanza of two lines
3
Q
Tercet
A
Three line stanzas
4
Q
Quatrain
A
Four lines of poetry
5
Q
Sestina
A
Six lines of poetry
6
Q
Octave
A
Eight lines of poetry
7
Q
Ode
A
Poem meant to be song, telling a story
8
Q
Elegy
A
A poem of serious reflection, often around death
9
Q
Metaphorical
A
A poem about deep thought, thinking about thinking
10
Q
Lyric
A
Expressing the writers emotion
11
Q
Narrative
A
Tells a story
12
Q
Shakespearean/Elizabethan
A
A 14 line poem, 12 lines are divided into three quatrains with a couplet at the end
13
Q
Italian/Petrarchan
A
And octave and a sestet
14
Q
Aillusion
A
Refers to something without naming it
15
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Apostrophe
A
Directly addressing someone or something that is not in the poem
