Poetry test

Alliteration

the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Allusion

an expression to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Anaphora

a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Anapest

a metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable

Assonance

the repetition of the sound of a vowel or dipthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

Caesura

any interruption or break

Couplet

a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning

Dactyl

a metrical foot consisting of one long classical verse or stressed syllable followed by two short or unstressed syllables

Enjambment

the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next. (lacks punctuation at line break and used to establish a rhythm or pace for the poem.)

Epigraph

a quotation from another literary work that is placed beneath the title at the beginning of a poem or section of a poem.  Is used the same way as a block quote

Foot

a basic repeated sequence of meters composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables

Iamb

a combination of unstressed and stressed syllables.

iambic Pentameter

consists of a line of ten syllables long that is accented on every second beat

Meter

Definition:the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line.

Quatrain

A stanza of four lines with alternating rhymes

Rhyme Scheme

the pattern or rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry.

Rhythm

the beat or flow of a poem (recurring movement of sound or speech)

Stanza

a division of four or more lines having fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme

Trochee

a metrical foot composed of two syllables; stressed followed by an unstressed syllable

Tercet

a unit or group of 3 lines of verse, usually containing rhyme

Blank Verse

Poetry written in unrhymed, but often metered lines, almost always in iambic Pentameter

Rhymed Poetry

A work of poetry that contains rhyming vowel sounds in particular moments, usually in an abab format

Free Verse

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

Epics

\n A long, often novel length narrative in the verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person.

Narrative Poetry

\n A form of poetry used to tell a story, often using the voices of both a narrator and characters

Haiku

\n A Japanese poem of 17 syllables of 5-7-5, usually evoking images of nature

Pastoral Poetry

\n It explores the fantasy of withdrawing from modern life and living in an idyllic rural setting

Sonnet

\n A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme

Elegies

A serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Ode

\n A formal poem used to address a particular subject, usually a person, place or thing

Limerick

\n A humorous, often raunchy verse of 3 long and 2 short lines using aabba rhyme scheme

Lyric Poetry

\n Lyric poetry refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. Historically intended to be sung and accompany musical instrumentation

Ballad

\n A simple narrative poem of folk origin composed in stanzas and adapted for singing

Soliloquy

\n A monologue that a character in a play says to express their emotions while alone on stage

Villanelle

\n A 19 line poem with 2 lines throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain with the first and 3rd lines of the opening tercet recurring alternatively at the end of the other tercets and with  repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain