AP English Literature Poetry Notecards Flashcards

8870415055	blank verse	A blank verse is a poem with no rhyme but does have iambic pentameter.	0
8870415056	conceit	A conceit is a kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things in a surprising and clever way. (extended metaphor)	1
8870415057	connotation	Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings or denotations.	2
8870418148	controlling image	a literary device employing repetition so as to stress the theme of a work or a particular symbol.	3
8870418149	dramatic monologue	a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.	4
8870418150	elegy	An elegy is a sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead. The purpose of this kind of poem is to express feelings rather than tell a story.	5
8870420879	enjambment	It can be defined as a thought or sense, phrase or clause, in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line. In simple words, it is the running on of a sense from one couplet or line to the next without a major pause or syntactical break.	6
8870420880	euphony	is a sound device consisting of several words that are pleasing to the ear. The sounds made by these words are meant to be soothing rather than harsh or alarming.	7
8870425111	foot	A foot is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.	8
8870425112	free verse	Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. Many poems composed in free verse thus tend to follow the rhythm of natural speech.	9
8870425113	iamb/iambic	In a line of poetry, an iamb is a foot or beat consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, or a short syllable followed by a long syllable.	10
8870428095	meter	Meter is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem. Stressed syllables tend to be longer, and unstressed shorter. In simple language, meter is a poetic device that serves as a linguistic sound pattern for the verses, as it gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound.	11
8870428096	octave	An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter (in English) or of hendecasyllables (in Italian). The most common rhyme scheme for an octave is abba abba. An octave is the first part of a Petrarchan sonnet, which ends with a contrasting sestet.	12
8870428097	ode	n ode is a form of lyric poetry — expressing emotion — and it's usually addressed to someone or something, or it represents the poet's musings on that person or thing	13
8870428098	pentameter	Pentameter is a literary device that can be defined as a line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats. There are different forms of pentameter: iamb, trochaic, dactylic, and anapestic. The most commonly used pentameter in English is iambic. It also can be described as a line that consists of ten syllables, where the first syllable is stressed, the second is unstressed, the third is stressed, and so on until it reaches the 10th line syllable.	14
8870428099	refrain	Refrain is a verse, a line, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections. Refrain is a poetic device that repeats, at regular intervals, in different stanzas. However, sometimes, this repetition may involve only minor changes in its wording. It also contributes to the rhyme of a poem and emphasizes an idea through repetition.	15
8870434775	rhyme (imperfect, slant, oblique)	Half rhyme is one of the major poetic devices. It is also called an "imperfect rhyme," "slant rhyme," "near rhyme," or "oblique rhyme." It can be defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.	16
8870437167	rhyme (perfect, exact)	These terms refer to the immediately recognizable norm	17
8870440077	scansion	scansion means to divide the poetry or a poetic form into feet by pointing out different syllables based on their lengths.	18
8870440078	sestet	a sestet could also be a complete poem of six lines, or could be a stanza in a poem.	19
8870442860	sonnet (English)	a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg — called also Shakespearean sonnet.	20
8870442861	sonnet (Italian)	a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (such as cde cde or cdc dcd) — called also Petrarchan sonnet.	21
8870446468	stanza	is a grouped set of lines within a poem, usually set off from other stanzas by a blank line or indentation. Stanzas can have regular rhyme and metrical schemes, though stanzas are not strictly required to have either.	22
8870446469	trochee/trochaic	the trochee is a basic metrical unit called a foot consisting of two syllables. The trochee, though, begins with a stressed syllable, followed by an unstressed, or weak, syllable.	23
8870450127	volta	In a sonnet, the volta is the turn of thought or argument: in Petrarchan or Italian sonnets it occurs between the octave and the sestet, and in Shakespearean or English before the final couplet.	24