ENGL 1302 Poetry Form & Structure

Question 1

a 14-line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme; common types are English and Italian

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sonnet

Question 2

A 3-line poem whose first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, and the third has 5 syllables

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haiku

Question 3

A poem written with a fixed meter that does not rhyme

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blank verse

Question 4

when an idea in one line continues in the next line

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enjambment

Question 5

A poem with stanzas that follow an ABA, BCB, CDC, DED rhyme scheme

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terza rima

Question 6

A poem without a fixed rhyme scheme, meter, or form

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free verse

Question 7

The way a poem is organized including the number of stanzas, lines, etc.

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structure

Question 8

A form of narrative poem that usually consists of rhymed quatrains; originally meant to be sung

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ballad

Question 9

individual words or phrases in a poem

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language

Question 10

A stanza with 4 lines

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quatrain

Question 11

a group of lines in a poem

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stanza

Question 12

The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines represented by letters; lines with the same letters rhyme

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rhyme scheme

Question 13

individual string of text in a poem; does not have to be a complete sentence or thought

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line

Question 14

punctuation that doesn't occur at the end of a line

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caesura

Question 15

a remorseful poem about someone deceased

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elegy

Question 16

A 5 line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme whose subject is pithy or humorous

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limerick

Question 17

A type of poem with fixed rules like sonnets

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form

Question 18

19-line poem describing obsessions & other intense subjects; has 5 tercets and 1 quatrain and an internal rhyme scheme

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villanelle

Questions 18