Untitled Flashcards Set
Sonnet Unit List of Terms to Know
Petrarchan Sonnet
Abba
Abba
Shakespearean Sonnet
Abab
cdcd
Spenserian Sonnet
Abab
bcbc
Trimeter
3
Pentameter
4
Dimeter
2
Hexameter
6
Tetrameter
4
Octameter
8
Heptameter
7
Trochee
Stressed unstressed
Iamb
Unstressed stressed
Anapest
Unstressed unstressed stressed
Spondee
Stressed stressed
Dactyl
Stressed unstressed unstressed
Pyrrhic
Unstressed unstressed
Quatrain
4 lines
Octave
8 lines
Sestet
6 lines
Couplet
2 lines
Iambic Pentameter
Unstressed stressed 5 feet
Slant Rhyme
Share similar rhyme but aren't perfect
End Rhyme
Rhyme end of line
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme within the line
Eye Rhyme
Similarity in spelling but not pronunciation
Rhyme Scheme
Pattern of rhymes
Scansion
Scanning a line to determine its rhythm
Prosody
analysing patterns and rhythm of poetry
Volta
shift/turn
Blank Verse
Regular meter no rhyme
Free Verse
No meter no rhyme
Enjambment
Continue line without pause
Caesura
pauses
Alliteration
Same letter at the beginning of words
Catalexis
Missing syllable
Poetry
Anything written in verse
Verse
Writing written in metrical rhythm/rhyme
Fixed/Closed Form
Has meters, rhymes and stanzas
Metrical or Poetic Foot
2/3 syllables that follow patterns of stress
Line
Row of words that end with a specific reason
Stanza
Group of lines that follow the same pattern and metrical unit
Speaker
narrator
Auditor
Intended audience/who speaker speaks to
You must also be able to do the following:
Switch between second-person formal and second-person familiar (you →Thee, thou, thy, thine)
Identify each of the three types of sonnets.
Identify meter and complete scansion (mark feet, stressed, and unstressed syllables) for a line of verse.