AP Poetry Terms Flashcards

AP Poetry Terms you need to know!!

6285551309	foot	basic metrical unit of poetry, such as an iamb or an anapest	0
6285551310	stanza	group of lines in a poem; poetry equivalent of a paragraph	1
6285551311	iamb	U/	2
6285551312	anapest	UU/	3
6285551313	trochee	/u	4
6285551314	dactyl	/UU	5
6285551315	spondee	//	6
6285551316	monometer	one poetic foot per line	7
6285551317	dimeter	two poetic feet in the line	8
6285551318	trimeter	three poetic feet in the line	9
6285551319	tetrameter	four poetic feet in the line	10
6285551320	pentameter	five poetic feet in the line	11
6285551321	hexameter	six poetic feet in the line	12
6285551322	heptameter	seven poetic feet in the line	13
6285551323	octameter	eight poetic feet in the line	14
6285551324	nonometer	nine poetic feet in the line	15
6285551325	couplet	two line stanza	16
6285551326	tercet	three line stanza	17
6285551327	quatrain	four line stanza	18
6285551328	cinquain	five line stanza	19
6285551329	sestet	six line stanza	20
6285551330	septet	seven line stanza	21
6285551331	octave	eight line stanza	22
6285551332	end rhyme	rhyme that occurs at the end of lines	23
6285551335	internal rhyme	rhyme occurring within lines	24
6285551336	slant rhyme	approximate rhyme	25
6285551337	ballad	narrative poem, usually written in quatrains, basic rhyme scheme, ballad meter	26
6285551338	lyric	emotional poem, personal in nature	27
6285551339	ode	lyric poem addressing subjects of an elevated nature	28
6285551340	elegy	formal lyric poem written in honor of someone who has died	29
6285551341	Petrarchan	14 line sonnet with an octave and a sestet	30
6285551342	Shakespearean	14 line sonnet with three quatrains and a couplet	31
6285551343	villanelle	type of poetry with tercets and alternatively repeating refrains that increase in intensity and meaning	32
6285551344	alliteration	repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words	33
6285551345	assonance	repetition of vowel sounds	34
6285551346	cacophony	unpleasant or harsh sounds	35
6285551347	conceit	a particularly clever extended metaphor	36
6285551348	euphony	pleasant sounds	37
6285551349	metaphor	comparison between unlike things	38
6285551350	synecdoche	referring to a part with the whole or vice versa ("Russia won the gold medal")	39
6285551351	onomatopoeia	words which have a sound that reflects its meaning	40
6285551352	iambic	pentameter most popular meter in English poetry	41
6285551353	blankverse	unrhymed iambic pentameter	42
6285551354	freeverse	unrhymed verse with no standard meter	43
6285551355	caesura	pause	44
6285551356	enjambment	run-on line	45
6285551357	refrain	repeated line or phrase	46
6285551358	haiku	Japanese form of poetry using 3 lines and 17 syllables, employs a nature word and a contrast leading to enlightenment	47
6285551359	limerick	humorous or nonsense poem with anapestic aa3bb2a3 form	48
6285551360	sestina	a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final tercet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends	49
6285551361	canto	a section (grouping of stanzas) in a long work of poetry	50
6285551362	consonance	repetition of consonant sounds, not necessarily at the beginning of words	51
6285551363	epic	a long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures	52
6285551364	hyperbole	extreme exaggeration	53
6285551365	understatement	presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is	54
6285551366	plosive	a "hard" consonant (such as T, K, P, D)	55
6285551367	allusion	reference to a commonly known historical, Biblical, or literary figure	56
6285551368	dramatic irony	irony in poetry, when the speaker's attitude differs from the poet's	57
6285551369	couplet	two-line stanza	58
6285551370	tercet	three-line stanza	59
6285551371	quatrain	four-line stanza	60
6285551372	cinquain	five-line stanza	61
6285551373	sestet	six-line stanza	62
6285551374	septet	seven-line stanza	63
6285551375	octave	eight-line stanza	64
6285551376	denotation	Literal meaning Dictionary definition of a word	65
6285551377	connotation	An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	66
6285551378	apostrophe	A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.	67
6285551379	personification	A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes	68
6285551380	metonymy	A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").	69
6285551381	symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	70
6285551382	allegory	A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.	71
6285551383	paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	72
6285551384	sarcasm	the use of irony to mock or convey contempt	73
6285551385	blank verse	Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter	74
6285551386	sentimental verse	emotional verse	75
6285551387	rhetorical verse	superficial language that really has little meaning	76
6285551388	didactic verse	a term for a poem that teaches, almost preaches. It often discusses the "proper" way to behave. The lesson being taught is more important to the writer than the artistic quality of the work	77