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40 Cards in this Set
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Poetry
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is a patterned form of verbal or written exression of ideas in concentrated, imaginative, and rhythmical terms.
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Rhyme
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is the simialrity or likeness of sound existing between two words
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Foot
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is a unit of meter. consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables
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Free Verse
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consists of lines that do not have a regualr meter and do not contain rhyme
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Blank Verse
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consists of lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme
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Alliteration
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is the repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse
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Refrain
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is the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza.
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Repetition
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is the reiterating of a word or phrase within a poem.
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Simile
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is a direct or explicit comparision between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or similarity between some attributes found in both things
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Metaphor
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is an implied comparision between two usually unrelated things indicating a likeness or analogy between attributes found in both things.
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Meter
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is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry.
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Iambic
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is a two syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable.
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Sonnet
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is a 14-line stanza form consisting of iambic pentameter lines.
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Italian Sonnet
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is a 14-line stanza form consisting of a an octave and a sestet.
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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ia a 14-line poem consisting of three quatrains and a couplet.
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Onomatopoeia
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is the use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds. (buzz, crunch, tinkle, gurgle, sizzle, hiss)
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"Forgive My Guilt"
Author? |
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
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"Forgive My Guilt"
Stanza form? |
2 12-line stanza
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"Forgive My Guilt"
Rhyme Scheme |
None
End Rhyme |
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"Forgive My Guilt"
Mood? |
Sad/Regret
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"The Road Not Taken"
Author? |
Robert Frost
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"The Road Not Taken"
Stanza Form? |
4 5-line stanzas
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"The Road Not Taken"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-b-a-a-b
End Rhyme |
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"A Word Is Dead"
Author? |
Emily Dickinson
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"A Word Is Dead"
Stanza Form? |
1 Six-line stanza
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"A Word Is Dead"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-a-b-c-d-b
End Rhyme |
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"A Blessing"
Author? |
James Wright
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"A Blessing"
Stanza Form? |
1 24-line Stanza
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"A Blessing"
Rhyme Scheme? |
None
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"Woman Work"
Author? |
Maya Angelou
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"Woman Work"
Stanza Form? |
1 14- line + 4 quatrains
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"Woman Work"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d-e-e-f-f-g-g
a-b-c-b a-b-c-b a-b-c-b a-b-c-b |
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"Once By The Pacific"
Author? |
Robert Frost
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"Once By The Pacific"
Stanza Form? |
1 14-line Stanza
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"Once By The Pacific"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d-e-e-f-f-g-g
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"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Author? |
William Wordsworth
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"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Stanza Form? |
4 Sestets
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"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-b-a-b-c-c
a-b-a-b-c-c a-b-a-b-c-c a-b-a-b-c-c |
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"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Stanza Form? |
4 Sestets
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"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
Rhyme Scheme? |
a-b-a-b-c-c
a-b-a-b-c-c a-b-a-b-c-c a-b-a-b-c-c |
