Literary Terms
What is a narrative poem that tells a story, often in short stanzas and passed down through oral tradition?
Ballad
"The line 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' is an example of ______."
Couplet
This unit of measurement in poetry consists of stressed and unstressed syllables and helps determine a poem’s meter.
Foot
This type of poem tells a story, often featuring characters, a setting, and a plot.
Narrative Poem
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is an example of
Narrative Poem
What is unrhymed iambic pentameter commonly used in Shakespearean plays?
Blank Verse
The poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an example of ______.
Ballad
Unlike traditional poetry, this type of verse does not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
Free Verse
A poem of praise or dedication, this type of poem often honors a person, object, or idea with elevated language.
Ode
"Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats is an example of
Ode
What is a natural pause or break in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
Caesura
Out from the marsh, from the foot of misty / Hills and bogs...' in Beowulf is an example of ______.
Caesura
This type of poem expresses personal emotions and thoughts, often resembling a song.
Lyric Poem
This poetic device occurs when words have similar ending sounds, often used to create rhythm and musicality.
Rhyme
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."
The words “wall” and “fall” is an example of
Rhyme
What is a pair of successive rhyming lines in a poem, typically of the same length?
Couplet
The line 'This is the forest primeval' from Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an example of ______.
This term refers to the rhythmic structure of a poem, created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
This term describes the pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem, often labeled with letters like ABAB or AABB.
Rhyme Scheme
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
This has a ____
Rhyme Scheme
What is a metrical foot with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables?
Dactyl
What is a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable?
Anapest
The line 'Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb' from Shelley’s The Cloud is an example of ______.
Anapest
This element of poetry refers to the beat or flow of a poem, often influenced by meter and syllable patterns.
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes has a mimic of its_____
Rhythm