ENGL102 quiz 1

Prosody

study of metre, rhythm, & intonation of a poem

Rhyme, Alliteration, Assonance, consonance

ways of creating repetitive patterns of sound

Quartet

stanza w 4 lines

Sestet

stanza w 6 lines

Poetic diction

the use of specific types of words & phrases that aren't common in normal speech
- "host of trees"

Sonnet

14 lines. diff structure & variations

Limerick

- humorous poem
- rhyme scheme: AABBA

Ode

- a lyric poem
- expresses praises/ admiration to person place, or thing

Ballad

- narrative poem (tells a story)
- strong rhythm and rhyme

Villanelle

- 19 lines. five tercets (3 lines) and final quatrain

Haiku

- japanese poem
- 17 syllables. three lines of 5,7,5

lyric poem

to express personal emotions/ thoughts

Epic poem

long, narrative poem. often heroic theme

Acrostic

first letter of each line forms a word or phrase

Concrete poem

arrangement of the words & symbols to create a visual shape

Denotation vs Connotation

denotation: plain, direct meaning
connotation: what the word implies. nuance, implications of word

Allegory

reveals hidden meaning, like moral or political