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13304007505poetry is a mode of writing that focuses on what?rhythm, meter, and sound as on meaning and communication0
13304012402what does poetry emphasize?emphasizes the interaction of sound and sense1
13304017680definition of poetry varies according to what?culture and historical period2
13304024629what might poetry resemble?songs, chance, prayers/meditations, prose to scription, and narrative, or even visual art3
13304030952poetry's purposes ranges from what?religious ritual to popular entertainment4
13306142905poetry has closer ties to what than prose?performance5
13308754649even when not read aloud, poetry is concerned with what?the auditory and visual way it strikes its audience6
13308768477what are the nine poetic schools of thought in order?1. old english period 2. anglo-norman and middle english period 3. renaissance 4. neoclassicism 5. romanticism 6. victorian period 7. symbolism 8. modernism 9. post modernism7
13308811448what is the time period of the old english period?650-10668
13308819203what is the time period of the anglo-norman and middle english period?1066-15009
13308830051what is the time period of the renaissance?1500-160010
13308837132what is the time period of neoclassicism?1660-179811
13308844138what is the time period of romanticism?1798-183212
13308848954what is the time period of the victorian period?1832-191013
13309952330what is the time period of symbolism?1890-191414
13309961992what is the time period of modernism?1914-196515
13309971691what is the time period of postmodernism?1965-PRESENT16
13309980978which poetic schools of thought did poetry represent oral traditions and displays a mixture of Pagan and Christian elements?old english period17
13310004096which poetic schools of thought introduced the techniques of alliteration and what we call caesuras?old english period18
13310023756which poetic schools of thought was poetry influenced by a dominant French culture?anglo norman and middle english period19
13310070113which poetic schools of thought influenced lyric poetry, syllabic meters, rhyme, and the ballad?anglo norman and middle english period20
13310085677which poetic schools of thought was seen as the rebirth of humanistic culture?renaissance21
13310103780which poetic schools of thought was the focus on mankind rather than God?renaissance22
13310118805which poetic schools of thought acquainted readers with the Greek and Roman classics?renaissance23
13310128963which poetic schools of thought marked a new interest in science and art?renaissance24
13310141231which poetic schools of thought introduced classic meters: the sonnet and baroque style (showcased exaggeration, excuse, and extravagant imagery)?renaissance25
13310152602which poetic schools of thought was poetry characterized by a controlled mutation of classic forms with emphasis on restraint, correctness, order, and good taste?neoclassicism26
13310163453which poetic schools of thought introduced regular, predictable forms like the heroic couplet?neoclassicism27
13310175991which poetic schools of thought resisted the restrictions of the Neoclassical Period and celebrated the imagination over rationality, passion, and dreams over reason?romanticism28
13310184797which poetic schools of thought celebrated external reality and isolated individuality over collective humankind?romanticism29
13310193062which poetic schools of thought introduced blank verse, ballad lyrics, and order?romanticism30
13310199545which poetic schools of thought was characterized by attention by poetry's romantic legacy of fantasy and freedom in the industrialized world's growing emphasis on money, propriety, security, religious faith, and patriotism?victorian period31
13310216601which poetic schools of thought is romantic, escapist, and employs traditional form?victorian period32
13320706951which poetic schools of thought rebelled against the uptight realism of Victorian literature and returned to the imaginative freedom of Romanticism, but this time focused on the mystical and mythical connection between the visible world and what lies beyond it?symbolism33
13320717296which poetic schools of thought characterized by a conscious reexamination of what poetry is?modernism34
13320722644which poetic schools of thought is a breakdown of traditional forms and styles?modernism35
13320726487which poetic schools of thought was attention paid to the density of language and the intensity of imagery?modernism36
13320872040which poetic schools of thought explored alienation, urbanization, technology and its advancement, and introduced free verse?modernism37
13320881717which poetic schools of thought reexamines the nature and function of poetry?postmodernism38
13320886599which poetic schools of thought eliminates traditional distractions between cultures and assumptions about language?postmodernism39
13320890563which poetic schools of thought does free verse become the dominant form?postmodernism40
13321100630we read poetry for what?emotional and intellectual discovery to feel and experience something about the world and ourself41
13321102653what is a line of poetry called?verse42
13321106460what is a grouped lines of verse that serve as the building blocks for a poem called?stanza43
13321123816what is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line?meter44
13321127280what is also described in terms which include both the kind of feet and the number of feet per line?meter45
13321130978what are the four types of meter?accentual, syllabic, accentual-syllabic, and quantitative46
13322107399what type of meter is a verse in which the total number of stressed syllables per line remain constant regardless of the number of total syllables?accentual47
13322127838what type of meter is a verse in which the total number of syllables per line remains constant regardless of stressed syllables?syllabic48
13322136246what type of meter is a verse that maintains a specific number of stressed syllables per line as well as a more or less fixed number of total syllables?accentual-syllabic49
13322145436what type of meter is a verse based on a syllable's length or duration in time?quantitative50
13322158023what a basic unit of rhythm and the building block of poetry?foot51
13322158089what is composed of a certain number of stressed and unstressed syllables?foot52
13322168970what is the process of figuring out the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line?scansion53
13322190468poems are classified by what?number of feet per line54
13322195778a one foot poem is calledmonometer55
13322199603a two foot poem is calledbimeter56
13322201847a three foot poem is calledtrimeter57
13322201848a four foot poem is calledtetrameter58
13322206310a five foot poem is calledpentameter59
13322208852a six foot poem is calledhexameter60
13322214213a seven foot poem is calledheptameter61
13322218343an eight foot poem is calledoctometer62
13322231713there is usually a _____ between feet, but poets sometime make _____ _____ between feet in a linepause, extra pauses63
13322252488what is an extra pause referred to as?caesura64
13322258330what does // represent?caesura65
13322262109what are the 6 types of feet?iamb, trochee, dactyl, anapest, amphibrach, spondee66
13322285759what type of feet is two syllables (unstressed, stressed)?iamb67
13322294655what type of feet has two syllables (stressed, unstressed)?trochee68
13322307735what type of feet has three syllables (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)?dactyl69
13322313267what type of feet three syllables (unstressed, unstressed, stressed)?anapest70
13322342642what type of feet has three syllables (unstressed, stressed, unstressed)amphibrach71
13322365054what type of feet has two syllables (stressed, stressed)?spondee72
13322375931which feets have two syllables?iamb, trochee, spondee73
13322379712which feets have three syllables?dactyl, anapest, amphibrach74
13322388279what are the four common types of meter?iambic pentameter, blank verse, ballad, and free verse75
13322401561which type of meter has five iambs per line?iambic pentameter76
13322408541which type of meter has unrhymed iambic pentameter?blank verse77
13322412607which type of meter has alternating tetrameter and trimeter (usually iambic and rhyming)?ballad78
13322418700which type of meter has verse without a fixed meter or rhyme, but uses formal elements of pattern or verse?free verse79
13322425310poets can manipulate the shape and pattern of what to create various effects?line80
13322447362what are the seven types of lines?end stopped line, enjambed, refrain, stanza, cantos, couplet, sonnet81
13322457835which type of line has a clause or sentence concludes at the end of line of poetry?end stopped line82
13322464861which type of line has a clause or sentence runs over into the following line?enjambed83
13322472425which type of line has a line that is repeated one or more times in a poem to create a haunting effect?refrain84
13322479469which type of line has a line(s) gathered into spacial segments?stanza85
13322488945which type of line has a very long (book length poem) and divided into large segments (like chapters of a book)cantos86
13322492153which type of line has two consecutive rhyming lines?couplet87
13322495342which type of line is a 14-lined poem?sonnet88
13408539053what is the most easily recognized characteristic of poetry which is repetition of similar sounds in poetry?rhyme89
13408539054what can also be arranged into different configurations for effect?rhyme90
13408539055the configurations poetry is arranged in are referred to as what?rhyme scheme91
13408539056what are the five most common rhyme schemes?couplet, tercet, terza rima, quatrain, and sestets92
13408539057what type of rhyme scheme is grouping of three lines that usually have one rhyme called?tercet93
13408539058what type of rhyme scheme is a triple group of lines consisting of interlocking triplets ("aba" "bcb" "cdc") often with a final couplet rhymed with the second line of the last triplet?terza rima94
13408539059what type of rhyme scheme is a group of four lines rhymed in various ways?quatrain95
13408539060what type of rhyme scheme is a group of six lines rhymed in various ways?sestets96
13408539061what are the seven types of rhyme?feminine rhyme, masculine rhyme, end rhyme, internal rhyme, sound devices, perfect/exact rhyme, and slant/off rhyme97
13408539062what type of rhyme occurs if the rhyme syllables are stressed before the final syllable in a line?feminine rhyme98
13408539063what type of rhyme occurs if the rhyme syllables are stressed in the last line?masculine rhyme99
13408539064what type of rhyme are rhymes appearing at the end of lines in poetry?end rhyme100
13408539065most poems are this type of rhyme, but rhymes elsewhere in the lines are possibleend rhyme101
13408539066what type of rhyme are rhyme(s) before the end of the line of poetry?internal rhyme102
13408539067what type of rhyme are the elements that enhance upon its meaning by adding a musical quality to the language?sound devices103
13408539068what are the four types of sound devices?assonance, alliteration, consonance, onomatopoeia104
13408539069what type of sound device is the repetition of the vowel sound (not necessarily rhyming exactly)?assonance105
13408539070what type of sound device is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound?alliteration106
13408539071what type of sound device is the repetition of final consonant sounds?consonance107
13408539072what type of sound device is the use of the word that sounds like what it means?onomatopoeia108
13408539073what type of rhyme is the rhyming vowel and consonants are exactly the same?perfect/exact rhyme109
13408539074what type of rhyme is an imperfect rhyme in which either the consonants or the vowels rhyme, but both do no?slant/off rhyme110
13408539075what are the six types of poetic forms?ottava rima, haiku, limerick, villanelle, sestina, sonnet111
13408539076what type of poetic form is an eight line stanza of iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abababcc?ottava rima112
13408539077what type of poetic form is a form that contains 17 syllables arranged in groups of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively?haiku113
13408539078what type of poetic form is a 5 line stanza with the rhyme scheme aabba and the first and the fifth lines may end with the same word?limerick114
13408539079what type of poetic form is a form consisting of 19 lines divided into 6 stanzas?villanelle115
13408539080what type of poetic form are the first five stanzas tercets?villanelle116
13408539081what type of poetic form is the last stanza a quatrain?villanelle117
13408539082what type of poetic form has two lines and two refrains?villanelle118
13408539083what type of poetic form is line one repeated in line 6, 12, and 18?villanelle119
13408539084what type of poetic form is line three repeated in lines 9, 15, and 19?villanelle120
13408539085what type of poetic form is a from consisting of six six lines stanzas followed by a three line stanza?sestina121
13408539086what type of poetic form are the same six words repeated at the end of lines throughout in a predetermined pattern?sestina122
13408539087what type of poetic form is a 14 line poem in iambic pentameter?sonnet123
13408539088what type of poetic form do the first eight lines (octave) pose a question or dilemma that is resolved in the final six lines called a sestet?sonnet124
13415695131what are the three major types of sonnets?Shakespearean, Spenserian, Petrarchan125
13415708740what type of sonnet is divided into four parts, three quatrains with the rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefef, and a rhymed couplet gg?Shakespearean sonnet126
13415716827what type of sonnet is a variant of the Shakespearean form which link the three quatrains with an interlocked rhyme scheme ababbcbccdcdee?Spenserian127
13415722726what type of sonnet is an Italian sonnet, divided into two main parts--an octave (8 lines) with a rhyme scheme of abbaabba all together or abbacddc all together, and a sestet (6 lines) with a rhyme scheme cdecde or cdcdcd?Petrarchan128
13415732940what is often refered as diction which is the choice of words in a poem and there are generally two types, high and low diction?language of poetry129
13415750498what language of poetry suggests a sophisticated or educated speaker?high diction130
13415754433what language of poetry has a simpler, less cultivated speaker?low diction131
13415759570what is a word or set of words that paints a verbal picture of an object, idea, mood, or situation?image132
13415763700what are the two types of image?literal and figurative133
13415772478what type of image is a physically visible object in a poem?literal134
13415776467what type of image is not really present, but it conjured up by your imagination?figurative135
13415785328what is the major idea the poem illustrates?theme136
13415793347what is the most basic element of a poem and its meaning?theme137
13415796033what is often suttle and sometimes sensual?theme138
13415801008what is the aspect of the speaker's voice that reveals his/her attitude toward the theme or subject of the poem?tone139
13415804894what is the discrepancy between expectation and reality, but in the case of poetry is between words and intension?irony140
13415814053what is a reference in a poem to a literary work, historical event, philosophical idea, mythological story, cultural product, religious credo, and there are numerous other, but these are the ones you see most often?allusion141
13415818005what is the repeating of words, phrases, lines, sound, or any other elements of syntax?repitition142
13415821905what is the direct address to an inanimate object or idea?apostrophe143
13415849163what are the different levels of meaning?connotative, denotative, figurative meaning144
13415862062what type of level of meaning is a person's associations with something, even an unconscious association with it, are conveyed by a single word?connotative145
13415866462what type of level of meaning is the dictionary meaning of something?denotative146
13415889603what type of level of meaning is straight forward significance?denotative147
13415896647what type of level of meaning is a type of connotative meaning, but it is figurative meaning conveyed using figures of speech that require a leap of imagination?figurative meaning148
13415911099what type of figurative meaning is a comparison between two things not using like or as?metaphor149
13415922485when using a metaphor, you'll have an object, idea, or phrase substituted for what?another in order to suggest that there is a similarity between the two150
13415935134what is a figure of speech using the words like or as to compare two objects?simile151
13415942408what is a figure of speech that refers to a whole entity by identifying only a part of it?synecdoche152
13415949131what is a figure of speech that refers to something by identifying an object or term closely associated with it?metonymy153
13415963123what is a figure of speech where human qualities are assigned to an inanimate idea?personification154
13415966769what is an image that means something more than what is shown?symbol155
13415980334what is a tale with two or more levels of meaning--literal and symbolic?allegory156
13415987883what juxtaposes two opposite or contradictory words to reveal an interesting truth?oxymoron157
13416002508what is also refered to as an understatement?paradox158
13416013233what litotes and is a statement that means less than you intend it to, or an idea that seems contradictory but is actually true?paradox159
13416026174what is an overstatement and suggests exaggeration?hyperbole160
13430131108poetic drama is not necessarily associated with what?rhyme or meter161
13430137948poetic genres are defined according to what?theme, style, and attitude162
13430146683what type of genre is a long, serious narrative poem concerning a hero figure or a group of heroic figures engaged in historical or mythical events that are usually of great significance to a culture?epic163
13430151679what is an example of an epic poem?odyssey164
13430156890what type of genre is written in dialogue or monologue using the voice of a character created by the poet and not identifiable with the poet?dramatic165
13430164356what type of genre s written in a subjectively rich voice often with a strong emotional element?lyric166
13430171172what type of genre is first person and focuses on inner experiences rather than outward story?lyric167
13430176404what type of genre includes sonnets, odes, elegies, and haikus?lyric168
13430185001what is a lyric poem of extreme emotion celebrating someone or something often addressed to its subject?ode169
13430188876what is a poetic lament for the dead or absent?elegy170
13430192987what focuses on a single thing?sonnet171
13430677903what is a form of free verse that lacks the formal shape of poetry as well as lacking regular rhyme and meter?prose172
13430680986what tells a story and usually includes ballads and epics?narrative173
13430687336what is a song-like poem that tells a story and often deals with romance or adventure?ballad174
13430694204what has an imaginary character speaking to a silent listener?dramatic monologue175
13430740004what is a brief and witty poem that is usually making a seteric or humorous point?epigram176
13430745964what doesn't have a form like the others, but is most likely written in couplet?epigram177
13430760307what is the fundamental nature of reality referred to as?metaphysical178
13430764319what raises questions and issues about how and why stories are told?metaphysical179

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