Poetry Vocab Test

the repetition of intial consonant sounds

rheortical device in which speaker breaks off to address an dead absent or imaginary person or inanimate object

partial rhyme in which accented vowel sounds correspond but consonants differ

narrative poem, often intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usally having recurrent refrain; often about a person

pleasing or sweet sound; especially accoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please ear

jarring, discordant sound; dissonance; unharmonious language

pause in a line of verse dicated by natural speech rhythms rather than by metrics

poetry that visually conveys the poet's meaning through graphic arrangement of letters, words, or symbols on page

form of poetry in which poet reveals vedry personal, intimate sometimes shocking info about them

repetition of similar consonant sounds without shared vowel sounds (the "k" sound in "chicken clucked quickly")

two lines of poetry with the same rhyme and meter, often expressing complete self-contained thought

kyric poem that laments death of person or people; often a mournful piece

"terminal rhyme" rhyming words occur at end of lines

rhymes within lines, not just end

running over of a sentence from one verse into another so that closely related words fall in different lines

concise poem dealing pointedly and often satrically with a single idea or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought

a song or poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetic line

verse with no rhyme or meter

verse with no rhyme but with meter usually iambic pentameter (shakespeare)

basic unit of verse meter consisting of any of various fixed combinations or groups of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables

metrical foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, like a heart beat (re-PORT) 

foot with one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed (PAT-tern) 

foot with one stressed followed by two unstressed, like a waltz (SI-lent-ly)

foot with two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable ( un-der-TAKE)

foot with two equally accented syllables together (SHOE-SHINE)

simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes, suggesting peace and contentment

japanese lyric verse from having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, usually about nature

light humorous or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with rhyme scheme "aabba"

poem revealing poet's innermost thoughts and feelings

short love poem which is often set to music

peom that tells a story, appeals to human interests 

verse related to/created for a special event

lyric poem, usaully expressing exalted emotion on specific subject

patterns of stress and intonation in a language

poetry written without instructional intent or moral purpose that aims only to please reader by its imagery and musicality

four line stanza

patterns of rhymes often indicated by matching letters at the end of lines

process/system of indicating stressed and unstressed syllables and pauses in poetry

poetry with a complicated verse structure of 6 line stanzas all with the same pairs of rhyme words appearing in a different oder in each stanza

poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme 

sonnet of three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme "abab" "cdcd" "efef" "gg"

sonnet composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme "abab" "bcbc" "cdcd" "ee"

sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme "abbaabba" followed by a sestet with a rhyme scheme such as "cdecde" or    ." cdcdcd"

fixed number of lines forming a unit of a poem

three line stanza

any composition in lines of more or less regular rhythm often (but not always) ending in rhymes 

poem with five triplets and a final quatrain and a very complcated rhyme pattern