types of poetry vocabs

meter

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

anapest

(type of meter) unstressed, unstressed, stressed

trochee

(type of meter) stressed, unstressed

form

design of a poem

closed form

(aka fixed form) follows a set design in meter and verse, poets must follow the patterns and structure with this form

open form

doesn't follow rules of establushed poetric structure of meter and verse, there are no regular stanza structures

concrete poetry

(aka shape poetry) when the poem itself takes on a physical form

sonnet

14 lines, usually in an iambic pentameter

petracharan sonnet

2 major sections of 8 lines (octave) and a minor group of 6 lines (sestet)

rhyme scheme: abba abba cde cde

shakespearean sonnet

made up of 3 quatrains (verse of 4 lines) and a couplet (verse of 2 lines)

rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg

epic poem

usually about the heroic deeds of a person or a nation like homer's the odysseyor the iliad

usually in the form of a ocuplet with the same rhyme structure

mock epic

plays with the conventions of the epic to comment on a topic satirically

ballad

sung in medieval time

verses are generally short and narrate a person's story about love, hate, knights, fantasy, etc.

generally hold simple form and repetition

developed the ballad stanza which is acbc (rhyme of 4 lines), 1 and 3 have 8 syllables and 2 and 4 have 6

sestina

closed form of 6 stanzas of 6 lines each followed by 3 lines

the end words of each verse of the 1st stanza are then used to end subsequent stanzas, rotated in a pattern

alexandrine verse

classic french verse and its made up of 2 hemistich sections (half-lines) of 6 syllables each

these 2 sections are broken up by a caesura

epigram

short, witty saying in verse with a satirical twist at the end

doggerel

poem that has an irregular rhythm and rhyme, may or may not be on purpose

limerick

irregular rhythm and rhyme thats written on purpose

aubade

morning love song/poem

serenade

evening love song/poem