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Poetry Terms
Poetry Terms for Final Exam
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Literature
Undergraduate 4
05/03/2007

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iambic
Definition
unstressed, stressed
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trochaic
Definition
stressed, unstressed
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dactylic
Definition
stressed, unstressed, unstressed
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couplet
Definition
two-line stanza, usually rhymed
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Heroic Couplet
Definition
two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter, the second ending more strongly than the first.
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tercet
Definition
three lines
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quatrain
Definition
four lines
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iambic pentameter
Definition
five iambs
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iambic tetrameter
Definition
four iambs
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Tone
Definition
attitude or manner of a poem
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octave
Definition
first eight lines of a sonnet
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sestet
Definition
last six lines of a sonnet
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allusion
Definition
a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art
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cesura
Definition
cut within the line
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connotation
Definition
implied meaning of a word
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denotation
Definition
literal meaning of a word
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shakespearean sonnet
Definition
fourteen lines, four clusters of lines with a couplet at the end
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italian/petrarchan sonnet
Definition
octave followed by a sestet with no couplet at the end
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villanelle
Definition
two repeating lines
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sestina
Definition
six six-line stanzas
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limerick
Definition
five anapestic lines (AA BB A)
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Found poetry
Definition
arranging prose from other places
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epigram
Definition
a short poem w/ unexpecred stinger in final line
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metaphor
Definition
where something is used to compare or express an idea that is not literally applicable
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simile
Definition
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
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personification
Definition
giving an unhuman object human qualities
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slant/near rhyme
Definition
vaguely rhyme, imperfect rhyme
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assonance
Definition
repetition of vowels
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alliteration
Definition
repetition of consonants
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sibilance
Definition
repetition of "s" sounds
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