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Poetry Terminology
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English
11th Grade
05/12/2009

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Term
to-DAY
Definition
iambic
Term
DAI-ly
Definition

meter: trochaic

foot: trochee

Term
in-ter-VENE
Definition

anapest (foot)

anapestic (meter)

Term

YES-ter-day

 

Definition

dactyl (foot)

dactylic (meter)

Term
DAY-BREAK
Definition

spondee (foot)

spndaic (meter)

Term
Blank verse
Definition
iambic pentameter without rhyme
Term
Free verse
Definition
no set rhyme or rhythm pattern
Term

and of

two unstressed pattern

Definition
Pyrrhic
Term
Sonnet
Definition
14 lines of iambic pentameter
Term

Italian (petrarchan)

 

Definition

abbaabba/cdecde

 

usually rhymed

Term
English (shakespearean)
Definition

abab/cdcd/efef/gg

rhymed

Term
Masculine rhyme
Definition

one part of the word rhymes:

baseball crawl stall

Term
Feminine rhyme
Definition

more than one part of the word rhymes

stupid cupid

maker breaker

Term
Basic sense of the poem
Definition
who is speaking, to whom, about what, why?, where (if relevant), tone (attitude),
Term
Moment movement meaning
Definition

moment (occasion, issue, image, dilemma, voice)

movement (initial to end, overall effect)

meaning (tensions, dilemma, past and present, diction, mapping)

Term
lyric
Definition
A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.
Term
Elegy
Definition
A sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual
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