Poetry Structure
Divisions based on thought, meter, or rhyme and recognized by their number of lines.
Stanzas
A secondary storyline of lesser importance.
Subplot
What is the rhythm of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" meant to imitate?
The sound of calvary
The last lines of "The Necklace" exhibit this device.
Surprise ending
Rhyme between two words with similar but slightly mismatched sounds.
Slant rhyme
Define blank verse.
Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
The occurrence that sets the events of the conflict in motion.
Inciting incident
What poetry genre is "Bonnie George Campbell"?
a ballad
Name the inciting incident of John 9.
Jesus heals the blind man.
When words sound like what they mean.
Onomatopoeia
What TWO things must be present for it to be called Rhymed Verse?
Regular meter and end rhyme
The point of highest emotional intensity
Climax
What change is shown in the speaker of "Futility"?
Loss of Hope (he loses hope that the sun will revive the soldier)
What is unusual about the plot structure of "The Necklace"?
It has no falling action or denouement / The denouement is to be inferred.
The repetition of terminal consonant sounds.
Consonance
What is the specific combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that repeats throughout a poem's line?
Poetic foot
The major turning point for the main character that determines his or her future.
Crisis
Which poem is an example of free verse?
"Splinter" by Carl Sandburg
What is the climax of John 9?
The healed man realizes he stands before the Messiah and worships Him.
The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words.
Assonance
A traditional form that has this rhyme scheme:
abab cdcd efef gg
English (or Shakespearean) sonnet
A series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal.
Plot
Who or what does the poet speak to in Holy Sonnet 10 and what is this device called?
Death / apostrophe
After his experience in the ring, what two ways has Gallico's reaction to what he sees at a boxing match changed?
He has much more compassion for the fighter / he feels intolerant and disgusted by the heckler.
A poetic technique where two or more words have identical sounds in the last stressed vowel and all of the sounds after it.
Rhyme