Meter
"Apart" is an example of this foot
What is iamb?
Threnody is a Greek word for this section of an elegy
What is lamentation?
Elizabeth Bishop
What is sestina?
This form's third stanza usually will have a scheme of EGFH
What is a pantoum?
"Cutting" a line of poetry is done via this technique
What is caesura?
What is decasyllabic?
Pindar and Horace are namesakes for types of this form
What is ode?
Joy Harjo
What is free forms?
This form uses end words rather than rhymes in a 1-2-3-4-5-6 scheme
What is a sestina?
Giving some words much needed space is done through this "airy" technique
What is aeration?
In our class, this number of lines in a stanza was the most that had a proper name
What is six lines (a sestet)?
Tension, desire, and eroticism are elements, according to Clark, of this subject
What is a love poem?
Sappho
What is ode?
This form is traditionally written with both an A1 and an A2 notation for their repeating words
What is a villanelle?
Breaking a line in the middle of a sentence is an example of this technique
What is enjambment?
Among and anon are examples of this kind of rhyme
What is a slant rhyme?
This form usually ends with an envoi
What is a sestina?
W.H. Auden
What is elegy?
This form usually has its antistrophe as the second section
What is an ode?
Removing extra syllables, especially between words, is this technique
What is ellision?
If I wanted to show that I used the same word again as an end rhyme, I would use this to note my word
What is either a number or a capital letter or a capital letter and a number?
The theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung influence this subject of poetry
What is dream poetry?
May Swenson
What is ekphrasis?
This form usually starts with a lament
What is an elegy?
This form can have a "broken" version
What is a villanelle?