Poetry Terms

a five line poem containing 22 syllables

pattern of rhyme is called

A five line poem with rhymes in line 1, 2, and 5, and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4

Narrative poems include elements of...

a poem written in 1st person; writer imagines s/he is an animal, an object, or a famous person

All of the following are types of rhyme EXCEPT...

Which of the following does NOT describe a Shakespearean sonnet?

first letter of each line forms a word or phrase; describes the subject or tell a brief story

a sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem

words that sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sound

combines two usually contradictory terms ina compressed paradox

What do we call the person who is the equivalence of a narrator when referring to poetry?

the beat created by the sounds of the word in a poem

unit of meter

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities.

repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry

A foot can have...

All of the following are comparisons of two unlike things EXCEPT for...

Free verse poetry is all of the following EXCEPT...

words that imitate sound

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story is called?

reference to something famous, political, religious, etc.

tells a story; usually set to music; simple repeating rhymes; often with a refrain

Japanese poem written in three lines

consonant sound repeated at the beginning of words

short poem describing an emotion or an idea; often musical, short, and in 1st person

a group of lines arranged together

the appearance of the words on a page

repeated consonant sounds that can be found anywhere in the words

What do we call the person who writes the poem?

Which of the following does NOT describe a couplet?

Stanza or short poem containing four lines; may or may not rhyme

the words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem

exaggeration often used for emphasis

a group of words together on one ______ of a poem

The following are all types of feet EXCEPT