Poetry Quiz 3

Ballad

A narrative poem, often set to music, that tells a story.

Literary ballad

A written ballad that imitates traditional folk ballads but is crafted by a poet.

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates a sound.

Alliteration

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Euphony

Pleasant, harmonious sound in poetry.

Cacophony

Harsh, jarring sounds in poetry.

Rhyme

The repetition of similar sounds, usually at the ends of words.

Eye rhyme

Words that look like they should rhyme but don’t.

End rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

Internal rhyme

Rhyme within the same line of poetry.

Masculine rhyme

A rhyme that ends on a stressed syllable.

Feminine rhyme

A rhyme that ends on an unstressed syllable.

Exact rhyme

Words that rhyme perfectly.

Near rhyme

Words that sound similar but don't rhyme exactly.

Off rhyme

Same as near rhyme.

Slant rhyme

Same as near rhyme.

Approximate rhyme

Same as near rhyme.

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words.

Rhythm

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

Stress

The emphasis placed on certain syllables in a word.

Accent

The emphasis or stress placed on a specific syllable.

Meter

The structured pattern of rhythm in a poem.

Prosody

The study of rhythm, sound, and meter in poetry.

Scansion

The process of analyzing a poem’s meter by marking stressed and unstressed syllables.

Foot

The basic unit of meter, consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Catalexis

The absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.

Rising meter

A meter that moves from unstressed to stressed syllables.

Falling meter

A meter that moves from stressed to unstressed syllables.

Line

A single row of words in a poem.

Iambic pentameter

A poetic meter with five iambs (unstressed-stressed) per line.

Blank verse

Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.

Spondee

Two stressed syllables.

Dactyl

One stressed, two unstressed syllables.

Iamb

One unstressed, one stressed syllable.

Trochee

One stressed, one unstressed syllable.

Anapest

Two unstressed, one stressed syllable.

Masculine ending

Line ends on a stressed syllable.

Feminine ending

Line ends on an unstressed syllable.

Caesura

A pause within a line of poetry.

End-stopped line

A line that ends with a natural pause, usually marked by punctuation.

Run-on line

A line that continues without a pause into the next line.

Enjambment

The continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line.