Final Poetry Terms

Artists who are at the cutting edge–who seem experimental or innovative, especially compared to their traditional peers

Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter, structured into 3 quatrains (4-lines long) anda concluding couplet (2-lines long).

A poem or song that mourns the loss of--most often through death--of a person

Sonnet that consists of an eight-line octet that rhymes ABBA-ABBA,followed by a six-line sestet (CDE-CDE or CDC-CDC)

A work that presents an idealized conception of rural or country life in beautiful, secluded landscapes is called

When a line of poetry flows to the next one without a strong punctuation mark, often in the middle of a phrase

A poetic form of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (in which each line has 5 stressed syllables overall)

A classical genre of poetry where another work of art (such as a painting) is represented inside a poem

An elaborate, extended metaphor that often compares dissimilar things or ideas

Songs from the experience of slavery that cover many topics like biblical stories and the hope for freedom are called

Any poem that talks about the practice of writing poetry

References to historical events, other works of literature, etc., which the reader is expected to recognize are called

Art that focuses on ideas or concepts instead of realistic, detailed representations

Any way of speaking or writing that breaks away from the norms of Standard English

A popular poetic form that uses quatrains (i.e. four-line stanzas) that normallyrhyme ABCB