Poetry Elements
A unit of language into which a poem or play is divided which when grouped together make a stanza
What is a line?
Some writers believe that poetry has its origins in this
What is a song?
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world
What is a haiku?
The writer of the poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee"
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme
What is a stanza?
A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem
What is meter?
An early Greek poem that was written by Homer and is a sequel to the Iliad
What is the "Odyssey?"
A literary device that can be defined as poetry that has no limitations of regular meter or rhythm, and does not rhyme with fixed forms
What is free form?
The writer of the poem the "Phoenix and the Turtle" and many sonnets with the collection titled "___________'s Sonnets"
Who is William Shakespeare?
Refers to a type of structure that follows a particular set of rules, whether it be the number of lines, the length or number of stanzas, rhyme scheme, subject matter, or other rules
What is poetic form?
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable
What is repetition?
This is believed to be one of the earliest works of epic poetry and it dates back to around 18th century B.C. and it was written in a type of cuneiform
What is "The Epic of Gilgamesh?"
A sad poem, usually written to praise and express sorrow for someone who is dead
What is an elegy?
The writer of the poems "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Who is Robert Frost?
A statement of the exact meaning of a word, especially in a dictionary
What is a definition?
A literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables within a line and is the overall tempo, particularly in verse form
What is rhythm?
A common way of telling stories about history which were commonly used in the Middle Ages
What are ballads?
A humorous poem consisting of five lines and the first, second, and fifth lines must have seven to ten syllables
What is a limerick?
The writer of the poem "Hope is a Thing With Feathers" and "Success is Counted Sweetest"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
A type of poetry that was created by Jan Turner and is also the name of a French children's song from Canada
What is Alouette?
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse
What is rhyme scheme?
The meaning of the Greek word "poiesis" which is what the word "poetry" comes from
What is "making" or "creating?"
A form of lyric poetry — expressing emotion — and it's usually addressed to someone or something
What is an ode?
The writer of the poems "Concord Hymn" and "Boston Hymn"
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
The word "poet" has been used in English for over this many years
What are 600 years?