Senior Poetry Terms 2

What is the structure of a villanelle (french lyric poetry)?

What type of poetry puts feelings second and prioritizes visual imagery?

This type of poem takes the form of a certain shape.

What type of poem is spoken to another character who does not appear directly?

Which of the following is an example of iambic rhythm?

A narrative poem that is meant to be read aloud or performed.

What is the main purpose of an ode.

A short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending.

Lyric poetry...

"The fog comes on little cat feet/It sits looking over the harbour and city/on silent haunches"

"I have wished a bird would fly away/And not sing by my house all day" is an example of a(n)

What type of poem uses sarcasm or irony to expose the silliness of human behaviour?

Used to make fun of, spoof, or play on a piece of original work.

What is "To be or not to be" an example of?

Didactic poems are

"Pink cherry blossoms/Cast shimmering reflections/On seas of Japan" is an example of a(n)

What is lineation?

What form of poetry was originally created to be sung?

Which of the following is an example of narrative poetry?

In poetry, "Epic" means

Lyric poem expressing sorrow and/or praise for someone who died.

What rhyme scheme do quatrains use?

What does it mean to "scan" a line in a poem?

What is the rhyme scheme of an English/Shakespearean sonnet?

Sestets are fundamental to the form of the Italian/Petrarchan sonnet.

An 8 line stanza is known as a(n)