AP Literature Poetry Vocabulary Flashcards

3175951127	Lyric	Subjective, reflective poetry Reg. rhyme scheme Poet's thoughts and feelings revealed directly to create a single unique impression	0
3175953566	Narrative	Non-dramatic, objective verse Reg. rhyme scheme and meter Relates a story or narrative	1
3175955790	Ode	Elaborate lyric verse Serious, dignified theme	2
3175956227	Ballad	Any light, simply song (esp. sentimental or romantic) Having 2 or more stanzas all sung to the same melody	3
3175958988	Elegy	Poem that laments death of a person, or is simply sad and thoughtful ex: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"	4
3175960638	Sonnet (Shakespearean)	Rigid, 14 line verse form Variable structure and rhyme scheme 3 quatrains w/ a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter	5
3175963894	Spenserian/English Sonnet	abab-bcbc-cdcd-ee	6
3175965193	Petrarchan/Italian Sonnet	abbaabba (a setset) w/ varying quatrains ex: cdcdcd, cdecde, cdeced, or cdcedc	7
3175967531	Blank Verse	unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter	8
3175968314	Free Verse	unrhymed lines w/out regular rhythm	9
3175968726	Haiku	Japanese verse 3 lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables Often depicting a delicate image	10
3175969371	Limerick	Humorous, nonsense verse 5 anapestic lines rhyming aabba a-lines are trimeter b-lines are dimeter	11
3175970500	Meter	Poetry's rhythm Pattern of stressed (/) and unstressed (u) syllables	12
3175972238	Feet	Meter is measured in units of feet of 2 or 3 syllables	13
3175974062	Catlectic Line	Line of poetry that ends in one syllable (noun: catlexis)	14
3175975280	Iambic	u /	15
3175975990	Trochaic	/ u	16
3175976283	Anapestic	u u /	17
3175976284	Dactylic	/ u u	18
3175977297	Spondaic	/ /	19
3175977767	Pyrrhic	u u *Incredibly rare scheme. Usually used to mark a pair of unstressed syllables that do not fit in any other metric foot in a line of poetry.	20
3175979500	One foot	Monometer	21
3175979760	Two feet	Dimeter	22
3175979761	Three feet	Trimeter	23
3175981128	Four feet	Tetrameter	24
3175981129	Five feet	Pentameter	25
3175982337	Six feet	Hexameter	26
3175982338	Seven feet	Heptameter	27
3175982770	Eight feet	Octometer *Rare meter.	28
3175983134	Scansion	Analysis of the type and number of feet in a line of poetry	29
3175983539	Stanza	If paragraph : essay, then stanza : poetry It is identified by the number of lines	30
3175984545	2-line stanza	Couplet	31
3175984816	3-line stanza	Tercet	32
3175984827	4-line stanza	Quatrain	33
3175985218	5-line stanza	Cinquain	34
3175985552	6-line stanza	Sestet	35
3175986123	7-line stanza	Septet	36
3175986124	8-line stanza	Octet	37
3175986467	Rhyme	Repetition of like sounds at reg. intervals in a poem	38
3175986815	End rhyme	Rhyme at the end of a line	39
3175986816	Internal rhyme	Rhyme w/in the line	40
3175987117	Masculine rhyme	Rhyme of only the last, accented syllables ex: night (/) - bright (/); eyes (/) - skies (/)	41
3175988973	Feminine rhyme	Rhyme of 2 consecutive syllables when the first syllable is accented (/\|u) ex: fly(/)ing(u) - dy(/)ing(u)	42
3175990459	Half rhyme (slant rhyme)	Imperfect, or near rhyme ex: sun & tune; tea & say	43
3175992647	Rhyme scheme	Pattern of end rhyme in a poem where each sound is represented by a letter ex: ababcc	44
3175994132	Assonance	Rep. or pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds	45
3175994752	Consonance	Repletion of 2 or more consonant sounds w/in a line	46
3175996123	Alliteration	Rep. of 1 or more initial consonant sounds w/in a line	47
3175996735	Onomatopoeia	Use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning ex: buzz, snarl, crackle	48
3175997587	Euphony	Harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound	49
3175998068	Cacophony	Opposite of euphony Harsh, discordant mixture of words	50
3175999954	Caesura	Natural pause or break in a line of poetry Usually near the middle of the line Can be created with a ?	51
3176000947	End-stopped	Line w/ a pause at the end Period, comma, semicolon, colon, exclamation pt., question mark	52
3176003496	Enjambment	Continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from 1 line of poetry to the next (Essentially, when a line isn't end-stopped.)	53
3176005472	Metaphor	Direct comparison between 2 unlike things w/out using "like" or "as"	54
3176006466	Simile	Direct comparison between 2 essentially unlike things using "like" or "as"	55
3176007213	Conceit	Ingenious or fanciful notion or conception Usually expressed through elaborate analogy and/or pointing to striking parallels between 2 seemingly dissimilar things Could be a brief metaphor, or span the entire poem ex: "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"	56
3176010302	Personification	Object and animals given human qualities	57
3176010693	Apostrophe	Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea ex: time, death, the world, liberty	58
3176136212	Metonymy	Substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be name, in place of the name or thing itself ex: serpent instead of a traitorous man	59
3176139160	Synechdoche	A part represents the whole object or ideas	60
3176140128	Hyperbole	Gross exaggeration, overstatement for effect	61
3176140595	Irony	Discrepancy between expectation and reality or between words and intention	62
3176141942	Symbolism	Use of 1 object to suggest another, hidden object or idea	63
3176152481	Imagery	Use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description	64
3176153074	Paradox	Statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlines a basic truth	65
3176154626	Oxymoron	Contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect	66
3176155267	Allusion	Reference to a fact, event, or other source outside the poem	67
3176156302	Tone	Author's attitude toward his/her audience and subject	68
3176157091	Mood	Emotional effects that the text creates for the reader	69