7732174827 | blank verse | poetry written in iambic pentameter that usually does not rhyme | 0 | |
7732204853 | couplet | a pair of rhyming lines in a poem | 1 | |
7732221413 | end-stopped | a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause often indicated by a mark of punctuation | 2 | |
7732268438 | euphony | pleasing, harmonious sounds | 3 | |
7732270616 | explication | the interpretation or analysis of a text | 4 | |
7732298554 | extended metaphor | a series of comparisons between two unlike objects | 5 | |
7732302530 | heroic couplet | two rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter | 6 | |
7732340447 | light verse | a variety of poetry meant to entertain or amuse, but sometimes with satire implemented | 7 | |
7732351650 | Old English | the Anglo-Saxon language spoken in what is now England ~450-1150 CE | 8 | |
7732362479 | pentameter | a verse with five poetic feet per line | 9 | |
7732393997 | persona | the role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader, viewer, etc. | 10 | |
7732406389 | quatrain | a four-line poem or a four-line unit of a longer poem | 11 | |
7732420855 | rhyme | the repetition of similar sounds at regular intervals | 12 | |
7732427121 | rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes within a given poem | 13 | |
7732432378 | rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry | 14 | |
7732441788 | scan | the act of determining the meter of a poetic line | 15 | |
7732450465 | sonnet | a form of verse consisting of fourteen lines and a prescribed rhyme scheme | 16 | |
7732467953 | stanza | a group of two or more lines poetry combined according to subject, rhyme, etc. | 17 | |
7732483366 | verse | a synonym for poetry | 18 | |
7732485954 | villanelle | a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes | 19 |
AP Literature Terms VI Flashcards
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