Lit Terms Quiz #3: Poetry

Basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse; one accented syllables and one-two unaccented syllables

Line(s) that recur(s) throughout a poem or lyrics of a song; may vary slightly but is generally the same (like a chorus)

Inexact but close rhyme

The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

Rhyme that occurs within lines

Reflective, formal poem that laments death, sometimes loss

Verse that tells a story

The repetition of sounds

A poem that recounts a story--generally some dramatic episode-and that has been composed to be sung.

A group of set lines in a poem, usually physically set off from the other such clusters by a blank line

An interlocking rhyme scheme with the pattern ABA BCB CDC DED etc

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

19 lines, 5 tercets+1 quatrain, ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA rhyme scheme, lines 1+3 are repeated as a refrain later

A lyric poem that almost always consists of 14 lines and follows a conventional rhyme scheme; typically about love

A lyric poem with a dignified tone in praise of someone, something, or an important occasion

14 lines; 3 quatrains and a couplet, ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme

A brief melodic poem characterized by the fervent expression of private thoughts and emotions by a single speaker

Words that look like they should rhyme in a poem

Poetry that lacks a regular meter, does not rhyme, and use irregular and sometimes very short line lengths.

The analysis of verse to show its meter

39 lines of any length, 6 sestets + 1 envoy, the six end words of the first stanza repeat in a complex pattern

A poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn

A measured flow of words and signifying the basic beat of pattern in a language

Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the lines

14 lines, 2 parts: the octave and the sestet--begins with a ABBAABBA rhyme scheme

The pattern of rhyme in a poem

Repetition of the same sound at the end of the lines

Two successive lines usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme