Today's Takeaways
Allusions require ___ for the reader to understand them.
Context
Is Homer’s The Odyssey considered narrative or lyric poetry?
Narrative poetry
What is the most common metrical foot in English Poetry?
The Iamb (unstressed stressed)
Parody imitates a poem’s style or theme, usually for this purpose
To ridicule or criticize
A _____ is a lyric poem generally written
with 14 lines that follows one of several
conventional rhyme schemes
Sonnet
What type of metrical foot is used in this line?
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting" -Edgar Allan Poe
Trochee (stressed unstressed)
The line “I, too, sing America” is a response to this poet’s famous work "I Hear America Singing."
Walt Whitman
How many stanzas does a sestina have?
Six stanzas
The famous line "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" is an example of this bouncy metrical foot
Anapest (2 unstressed 1 stressed)