AP: Terms Specific to POETRY Flashcards

9268927858	monometer	1 foot	0
9268927859	dimeter	2 feet	1
9268927860	trimeter	3 feet	2
9268927861	tetrameter	4 feet	3
9268927862	pentameter	5 feet	4
9268927863	hexameter	6 feet	5
9268927864	heptameter	7 feet	6
9268927865	octameter	8 feet	7
9268927866	couplet	2 lines	8
9268927867	tercet	3 lines	9
9268927868	quatrain	4 lines	10
9268927869	cinquain	5 lines	11
9268927870	sestet	6 lines	12
9268927871	septet	7 lines	13
9268927872	octave	8 lines	14
9268927873	End rhyme	end sounds rhyme	15
9268927874	Internal rhyme	occurs within the line and adds to the music of the poem	16
9268927875	Masculine rhyme	most frequently used end rhyme. Last stressed syllables of rhyming words match exactly	17
9268927876	Feminine rhyme	involves two consecutive syllables of the rhyming words, with the first syllable stressed	18
9268927877	Iamb	︶ / weakSTRONG	19
9268927878	Trochee	/ ︶ STRONGweak	20
9268927879	Anapest	︶︶ / weakweakSTRONG	21
9268927880	Dactyl	/ ︶︶ STRONGweakweak	22
9268927881	Spondee	/ / STRONGSTRONG	23
9268927882	Ballad	A narrative, originally spoken or sung / has dialogue, repetition, minor characterization / written in quatrains / has a basic rhyme scheme and a refrain / composed of two lines of iambic tetrameter which alternate with two lines of iambic trimeter / Subject matter: events in the life of a folk hero, may retell historical events, the supernatural, disasters, good and evil, love and loss	24
9268927883	Lyric	highly personal and emotional / may be as simple as a sensory impression or as elevated as an ode or elegy / subjective and melodious / often reflective in tone	25
9268927884	Ode	formal lyric poem / addresses subjects of elevated nature / about one specific thing that the poet finds to be truly amazing and praiseworthy / can be centered on a person, an object, or something abstract like a feeling or an idea	26
9268927885	Elegy	a formal lyric poem / written in honor of one who has died / Elegiac is the adjective that describes a work lamenting any serious loss	27
9268927886	dramatic monologue	relates an episode in a speaker's life through a conversational format / reveals the character of the speaker / ASK: What is the situation? / Who is the speaker addressing and why? / What tactics is the speaker using to make his case? / Does the speaker change his mind?	28
9268927887	Elizabethan (Shakespearean) Sonnet	sonnet is the most popular form of fixed poetry / usually iambic pentameter / always 14 lines / 3 quatrains + 1 couplet / quatrains may represent: Beginning, middle, end — Thesis, example, example — Past, present, future — Morning, noon, night — Birth, life, death / couplet may be a summary — conclusion — universal statement	29
9268927888	Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet	usually iambic pentameter / always 14 lines / 1 octave + 1 sestet / By observing the natural break between the octave and the sestet and noting how the rhyme connects the lines in each, you should see that this form would be suitable for organizing the poem in the following ways: General to specific — Comparison and contrast — Question and answer — Cause and effect — Before and after	30
9268927889	Villanelle	a fixed form in poetry / 6 stanzas = 5 tercets, and 1 quatrain / utilizes two refrains: The first and last lines of the first stanza alternate as the last line of the next four stanzas and then form a final couplet in the quatrain	31
9268927890	Free verse	few rules or boundaries / does not rhyme or follow a meter / rhythm or cadence varies throughout the poem / though words don't rhyme, they flow along their own uneven pattern, allowing the poem to be free to find its own shape according to what the poet wants to say, but still allows the use of rhyme, alliteration, rhythms, cadences, etc. to achieve the effects that are appropriate	32