AP Literature Terms Metaphysical Poetry Flashcards
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| 13773660380 | villanelle | 19 line poem with two rhymes throughout, 5 tercets (3 line stanza), quatrain | 0 | |
| 13773660381 | terza rima | arrangement of triplets that rhyme aba bcb cdc etc | 1 | |
| 13773660382 | syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. | 2 | |
| 13773660383 | stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem | 3 | |
| 13773660384 | sonnet | 14 line poem using a formal rhyme scheme | 4 | |
| 13773660385 | rhyme | correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. | 5 | |
| 13773660386 | refrain | a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse | 6 | |
| 13773660387 | quatrain | 4 line stanza, especially with alternating rhymes | 7 | |
| 13773660388 | pastoral | a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life | 8 | |
| 13773660389 | ode | a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter. | 9 | |
| 13773660390 | meter | the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line | 10 | |
| 13773660391 | metaphysical poetry | highly intellectualized poetry marked by bold and ingenious conceits | 11 | |
| 13773660392 | lyric poem | a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person | 12 | |
| 13773660393 | kenning | a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning | 13 | |
| 13778993662 | invocation | the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority. | 14 | |
| 13779340938 | idyll | a short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, esp. in rustic life | 15 | |
| 13779340939 | iambic pentameter | line or verse with symmetrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one stressed syllable | 16 | |
| 13779340940 | heroic couplet | a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters | 17 | |
| 13779340941 | free verse | poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter | 18 | |
| 13779340942 | elegy | a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead. | 19 | |
| 13779340943 | epic | a long poem narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation | 20 | |
| 13779340944 | couplet | two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit. | 21 | |
| 13779340945 | conceit | elaborate metaphor | 22 | |
| 13779340946 | canto | one of the sections into which certain long poems are divided | 23 | |
| 13779340947 | caesura | a break between words within a metrical foot; a pause near the middle of a line | 24 | |
| 13779340948 | ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 25 | |
| 13779340949 | apostrophe | omission of letters or numbers, exclamatory passage addressed to a person or thing that is absent | 26 | |
| 13779340950 | alliteration | the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words | 27 |