AP Poetry Flashcards

5034197420	blank verse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	0
5034199570	ballad	form of poetry that tells a story of a past affair, usually dramatic with vivid dialogue	1
5034236436	conceit	an elaborate, "violent" metaphor, usually associated with Metaphysical poetry	2
5034241456	couplet	a two-line stanza, rhymes	3
5035504301	elegy	poem set in the poet's meditations on death, a poem of lament	4
5035683727	end rhyme	rhyme located on the final word of a line	5
5035534234	enjambment	the continuation of the sentence or clause over a line-break without regards to syntax or punctuation	6
5035566613	epic	long narrative poem that celebrates the good deeds of a hero in a ceremonious style-- important to his nation or race	7
5035558804	half rhyme/ near rhyme	rhyme that appears to rhyme in spelling, but does not-- imperfect rhyme, approximate	8
5035583443	feminine rhyme	rhyme that occurs in the second to last syllable of a line-- "marry" and "tarry"	9
5035714880	foot (poetic foot)	metrical unit in verse	10
5035637723	free verse	poetry with unrhymed lines without regular rhythm	11
5035659678	haiku	light verse, japanese, comprised of 17 syllables in 3 unrhymed lines of 5-7-5 syllables depicting a delicate image	12
5035693839	iamb	a metrical unit consisting of 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1 stressed syllable u/	13
5035723986	idyll	a short poem of an incident in country (pastoral) life in terms of idealized innocence or contentment	14
5035735038	internal rhyme	rhyming within a line	15
5035739197	limerick	light verse consisting of 5 lines of aabba, humorous and nonsensical	16
5035738337	lyric	narrative poem which tells a story to be sung or recited	17
5035756569	masculine rhyme	rhyme that falls on the last syllable at the end of verse lines "glow" and "no"	18
5035764423	meter	the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry	19
5035780047	narrative poem	non-dramatic poem which tells a story like an epic or ballad-- deals with a single theme	20
5035785427	octave	an eight-lined stanza	21
5035790928	ode	long lyric poem deals with a single theme	22
5035809332	pastoral	deals with the life of shepherds, simple, rural existence, idealizes the uncorrupted or innocence of this life	23
5035824813	quatrain	a four-line stanza	24
5035827464	rhythm	the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables	25
5035837851	scansion	the study and reading of poetry for the meter and rhyme patterns	26
5035845345	sestet	a 6-line stanza	27
5035848975	sonnet	a 14-line poem of iambic pentameter- Italian, English, Spenserian	28
5035875933	stanza	a grouping of lines in poetry usually organized by a rhyme pattern and meter	29
5036004505	volta	a shift in thought or perspective	30
5035883107	zeitgeist	the spirit of the age	31
11527203182	light verse	a category of poetry written to entertain	32
11527215383	euphony	harmonious sound to produce a pleasing effect	33
11527222432	cacophony	the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect	34
11527237633	epistrophe	repetition at the end of the line	35
11527242939	anaphora	repetition at the beginning of a line	36