AP LITERATURE - Types of Poems Flashcards
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| 6094360243 | Lyric | Subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression | 0 | |
| 6094372092 | Narrative | Non-dramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative | 1 | |
| 6094379649 | Sonnet | A rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhye scheme according to type | 2 | |
| 6094388885 | Shakesperian (English) | Three quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter, rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG or ABBA CDDC EFFE GG The Spenserian sonnet is a specialized form with linking rhyme ABAB BCBC CDCD EE | 3 | |
| 6094409734 | Petrachian (Italian) | An octave and sestet, between which a break in thought occurs. Traditional rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA CDE CDE (OR CDCDED) | 4 | |
| 6094415771 | Ode | Elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme | 5 | |
| 6094419457 | Blank Verse | Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter | 6 | |
| 6094421642 | Free Verse | Unrhymed lines without regular rhyme | 7 | |
| 6094427024 | Epic | A long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race | 8 | |
| 6094430618 | Dramatic Monologue | A lyric poem in which the speaker addresses himself to persons around him; his speech deals with a dramatic moment in his life and manifests his character | 9 | |
| 6094437588 | Elegy | A poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual | 10 | |
| 6094440384 | Ballad | Simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited | 11 | |
| 6094444416 | Idyll | Lyric poetry describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms | 12 | |
| 6094460123 | Villanelle | French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercets and a final quatrain, rhyming ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA | 13 | |
| 6094468718 | Light Verse | General category of poetry written to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, and limericks. It can also have a serious side as in parody or satire | 14 | |
| 6094476336 | Haiku | Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image | 15 | |
| 6094481508 | Limerick | Humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines rhyming AABBA. A-lines being trimeter and b-lines dimeter | 16 |