Romantic Period Vocab - Part 2

English Sonnet

• 14 lines

• 3 quatrains +1 couplet

Italian Sonnet

• 14 lines

• 1 octave + 1 sestet

Quatrain

four line stanza

Sestet

six line stanza

Octave

eight line stanza

Sapphic

verse form compose of quatrains with specific syllables following a pattern

Sestina

• 36 lines

• divided into 6 sestets + a 3 line conclusion

Rhythm

reoccurrence of stresses and pauses in a sentence

Stress/Accent

greater force to one syllable compared to another

Cadence

measured, rhythmical movement

Meter

stresses that occur at fixed intervals

Poetic Foot

a group of syllables in verse of one accented and 1-3 unaccented syllables associated with it

Iamb/Iambic

• unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one

• U/S

• rising meter

Pyrrhic

two unstressed

Spondaic

two stressed

Blank Verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Free Verse

poetry organized by stanzas without meter, rhyme, or even stanza in some cases

End-Stop

a lie of poetry ending with punctuation

Enjambment

running over of a sentence from one line to another without punctuation

Couplet

two successive lines usually int he same meter linked by rhyme

Heroic Couplet

two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc

Anapestic

• U/US

• fast gallop

• rising meter

Trochaic

• S/U

• songs, chants, magic spells

• falling meter

Dactyl

• S/U U

• lesson common

• prancing

• falling meter