Oriental verse form consisting of lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables; the topic is generally nature, thoughts, and emotions.
What is Haiku?
100
regularly-occuring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is Rhythm?
100
highly-stylized poem of 7 lines in a diamond-shaped pattern
What is Diamante?
100
Two lines of poetry that have rhythm and must rhyme.
What is Couplet?
100
This poetry is inteneded to be read aloud or performed in front of an audience.
What is Dramatic Poetry?
200
an Irish, 5-line, highly-structured humorous verse; a sort of joke in poetry form.
What is Limerick?
200
Rhyming first sounds of a series of words, or nearby words (e.g. the duck dove diligently)
What is Alliteration?
200
14 lines, highly structured metre, rhyme scheme, generally serious meaning. Used frequently by Shakespeare
What is Sonnet?
200
Three lines of poetry, two or three of which might rhyme.
What is Triplet?
200
This form of poetry tells a story in simple direct rhythmical language with a strong emphasis on plot or physical action. Often deal with history or myth/legend. The most common types are epics and ballads.
What is Narrative Poetry?
300
Rhyming stanzas, tells a story, generally serious meaning
What is Ballad?
300
Repetition of two or more consonants, but with different vowel sounds; can occur in any part of the word (unlike assonance) (e.g. pitter patter)
What is Consonance?
300
Four lines of poetry where some of the lines usually rhyme.
What is Quatrain?
400
An elaborarte, intellectual lyric, dignified in tone, usually praising some person or thing
What is Ode?
400
A reference to scripture, literature, history, popular culture etc. that helps create an image or enhance meaning.
What is Allusion?
400
verse that employs condensed phrasing ("packing"), symbolic or connotative language, and does not necessarily follow a scheme for rhyme or metre
What is Free Verse?
400
Six lines of poetry that has both a rhythm and a rhyme scheme.
What is Sestet?
400
A sort of extended "Haiku" consisting of 5 lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables (although the syllables in this poetic form are likely to vary from this somewhat); the aim is for striking imagery and depth or meaning
What is Tanka?
500
A formal, serious poem, usually meditating on a specific person's death or death in general
What is Elegy?
500
Use of an object usually associated with an idea to stand for that idea (e.g. the 'crown' means the king/queen and everything associated with that station)
What is Metonymy?
500
a verse that has rhythm, but is unrhymed and used in plays.
What is Blank Verse?
500
Five lines set to a rhythm where at least two of the lines must rhyme.
What is Cinquain?
500
a sort of "English Haiku" consisting of 5 lines of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables; the first 2 lines "stretch", and the final line "snaps" to impact the reader