Poetry Midterm | ENGL 101 - Intro to Poetry, Quizzes of Poetry

Download Poetry Midterm | ENGL 101 - Intro to Poetry and more Quizzes Poetry in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 blank verse DEFINITION 1 lines unrhymed iambic pentameter TERM 2 free verse DEFINITION 2 a form free of any predetermined metrical and stanzaic patterns TERM 3 haiku DEFINITION 3 a lyric form originated in Japan, of seventeen syllables in three lines, the first and third having five syllables and the second having seven, usually presenting a scene of natural object, distinct emotion, or spiritual insight TERM 4 pantoum DEFINITION 4 poem composed of quatrains rhyming abab, the second and fourht lines of the first stanza serve as the first and third in the second stanza, repeats until the end of the poem TERM 5 prose poem DEFINITION 5 lines wrapping at the right margin rather than being divided at predetermined line breaks TERM 6 english sonnet DEFINITION 6 three quatrain poem followed by a couplet, the subject of the poem is introduced in the first quatrain, expanded in the second and third and then adds a logical conclusion or shocking twist with the couplet TERM 7 italian sonnet DEFINITION 7 a sonnet composed of an octave, rhyming abbaabba, and a sestet rhyming cdecde. Typically the octave develops an idea, question, or problem and then it turns as the sestet completes the idea or answers the question TERM 8 pastoral DEFINITION 8 a poem that expresses a city poet's nostalgic memory of the simple, peaceful lives of shepards or other things in a natural setting TERM 9 meter DEFINITION 9 a steady beat or a measured pulse created by a repeating pattern of accents, syllables or both TERM 10 rhyme DEFINITION 10 repetition of an accented vowel sound and all succeeding consonant sounds TERM 21 internal rhyme DEFINITION 21 In poetry, internal rhyme, or middle rhyme, is rhyme that occurs in a single line of verse. TERM 22 near rhyme DEFINITION 22 Half rhyme or slant rhyme, sometimes called sprung, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, off rhyme or imperfect rhyme, is consonance on the final consonants of the words involved. TERM 23 stanza DEFINITION 23 In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. TERM 24 couplet DEFINITION 24 A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. TERM 25 quatrain DEFINITION 25 A quatrain is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines. TERM 26 villanelle DEFINITION 26 a nineteen line lyrical poem divided into five tercets and a final four line stanza: rhyming aba aba aba aba aba abaa line 1 is repeated in lines 6, 12 and 18 line 3 is repeated in lines 9, 15, and 19 TERM 27 allusion DEFINITION 27 An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art, either directly or by implication. M. H. TERM 28 anaphora DEFINITION 28 repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of two lines or sentences TERM 29 euphemism DEFINITION 29 A euphemism is a substitution of an expression that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the receiver with an agreeable or less offensive expression, or to make it less troublesome for the speaker, as in the case of doublespeak. TERM 30 hyperbole DEFINITION 30 Hyperbole (, from ancient Greek 'exaggeration') is any rhetorical device or figure of speech that employs exaggeration. TERM 31 simile DEFINITION 31 A simile is a figure of speech that indirectly compares two different things by employing conjunctions (e.g. TERM 32 metaphor DEFINITION 32 Metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. TERM 33 personification DEFINITION 33 Personification is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person. TERM 34 synesthesia DEFINITION 34 Synesthesia is a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. TERM 35 understatement DEFINITION 35 Understatement is a form of speech which contains an expression of less strength than what would be expected. TERM 46 Didactic DEFINITION 46 Poe TERM 47 Meta DEFINITION 47 Forcine TERM 48 Spiritus Mundi DEFINITION 48 Yeats TERM 49 Browning DEFINITION 49 euphamism, persona TERM 50 Hopkins DEFINITION 50 sprung rhythm TERM 51 elegy DEFINITION 51 whitman TERM 52 keats DEFINITION 52 egotistical sublime TERM 53 Auden, williams DEFINITION 53 ekphrasis- poetry written about another work of art