Poetry Analysis and Forms

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering various poetic forms (Villanelle, Sonnet, Sestina, Tanka), specific poem analyses, and literary devices used in the lecture.

Villanelle

A poem that is $19$ lines long, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain with an ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA rhyme scheme.

Tercet

A three-line stanza, five of which make up the beginning of a villanelle.

Quatrain

A four-line stanza, such as the one that concludes a villanelle or the three that form an Elizabethan sonnet.

Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan Sonnet)

A $14$-line poem written in iambic pentameter, divided into an octave and a sestet.

Octave

An eight-line stanza found in an Italian sonnet with a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBA.

Sestet

A six-line stanza found in an Italian sonnet with a rhyme scheme of CDCDCD or CDECDE.

Elizabethan/Shakespearean Sonnet

A poem traditionally divided into three $4$-line stanzas and an ending couplet, following the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.

Sestina

A $39$-line poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a three-line stanza, which uses repeating end-words instead of a rhyme scheme.

Tanka

A traditional Japanese poem containing five lines with a syllabic pattern of $5-7-5-7-7$.

Iambic Pentameter

The meter used in the fourteen lines of an Italian Sonnet.