Vocabulary
What is GLINTING?
Sparkling or Shining.
What is an ARS POETICA?
A poem about the craft of poetry.
What does an ABAB Rhyme Scheme consist of?
Words that rhyme at the end of a line that shows a pattern.
Stretched tightly.
Scuppernongs are?
Large grapes found in southeastern united states.
What is a QUATRAIN?
A four line stanza.
What is an ANAPHORA?
An anaphora is a poem with repeating words at the beginning of a sentence.
What is TONE?
Tone is the overall attitude or mood of a piece of writing.
What is SUPPOSED?
Believed to be true.
Exiled means...
Away from one's homeland.
Arbor
structure used for supporting vines, which wind around the arbor as they grow.
What is a PARALLEL STRUCTURE?
Both stanzas mirror each other.
- Not all lines in the poem are the same.
What is a stanza?
Stanzas are a group of lines in a poem.
What is SPREAD EAGLE?
a kind of jump in which the arms and legs are stretched out so that the body takes the shape of an X.
Absurdity means...
foolishness or senselessness.
Vast
Extremely Big
What is an APOSTROPHE poem?
This poem addresses an absent person, abstract concept, or inanimate object.
What's a stanza break?
A blank line between stanzas. Usually the huge space between stanzas.
What is ENTRECHATS? (ahn-truh-shahs)
dance-like jumps in which the performer taps his or her feet together quickly while in the air.
Fluster means...
A confused feeling.
What is Personification?
describing non-human things as if they had human qualities.
What is a VILLANELLE?
1. Has 19 lines in the poem.
2. Final stanza is a quatrain.
3. Final stanza has a ABAA rhyme scheme.
What is THEME?
The main point of topic.
Perceive means...
To understand or see.
Allusion is...
an indirect reference to an outside work of art or a cultural figure.