Poetry Terms
A poem expressing mourning
Elegy
Long narrative poem expressing the ideals of the culture.
Epic
4-line stanza
Quatrain
A poem that tells a story
Narrative Poem
A time marked by disillusionment, stream of consciousness and despair
Moderns (20th Century)
Wrote Sonnets from the Portuguese
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
wanted to be the conscience of his generation
T.S. Eliot
Two lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
repetition of consonant sounds
alliteration
A work mocking individuals or parts of society to bring about change
Satire
Poem that expresses personal thoughts and feelings
Lyric poem
A time marked by love of nature, emotion, and freedom
Romantics
Poet Laureate under Queen Victoria
Alfred Lord Tennyson
wrote all his work about Dublin
Joyce
Addressing an abstract idea or dead person as if alive
Apostrophe
10 beats alternating unstressed and stressed syllables
iambic pentameter
6 line stanza
Sestet
A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner
Ode
A time marked by anxiety, fear of change, and lack of women’s rights
Victorian
Developed the dramatic monologue
Robert Browning
used images of scarecrows, incomplete prayers, and missing eyes
T.S. Eliot
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
Type of poem that expresses personal thoughts and feelings
Lyric poem
14 line rhyming poem written in iambic pentameter. Can have various rhyme schemes: ABABCDCDEFEFGG, ABBBAABBACDECDE, etc.
14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme
sonnet
A time marked by Norman invasions, Chaucerian satire, knights and the Crusades
The Middle Ages, or Medieval Period
Victorian poet who thought poetry should concern public seriousness, a critique of life. This theory contradicts his own poetry, which was personal like Wordsworth.
Matthew Arnold (think: Dover Beach)
brought lyric poems back to British poetry
Dylan Thomas
Carpe diem
Humorous imitation of another work
Parody
Literary element involving giving human qualities/attributes to a non-living thing (not apostrophe).
long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds
epic
A time marked by heroic and elegiac traditions
Anglo Saxon
Victorian movement seeking to apply science and utility to all areas of life
Utilitarianism
poem claiming the we have lost control of our reason and are spiraling out of control (give title of poem and author)
"The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats
A pause between beats in a line of poetry
Caesura
Literary term describing the attitude the speaker/poet takes towards the subject of the poem
Tone
Poem that has no structured meter or rhyme scheme.
Free Verse
poem expressing mourning for a person or a past
elegy
A time marked by King Henry, the Church of England, sonneteers
Elizabethan Renaissance
This scientific book, published during the Victorian period, sought to prove that earth was created in more than 7 days
Principles of Geology
Give two main images from "The Second Coming"
falcon, slouching beast
A comparison of two dramatically different items, such as a drawing compass being compared to long-distance love.
Conceit
8-line stanza
Octave
The word to describe the "shift" in thought in a sonnet
Volta
one side of a conversation held with 1 or more listeners whose side of the story we do not hear
dramatic monologue
A time marked by the Tribe of Ben, metaphysical poets, and Puritan revolt.
Jacobean Era
This scientific book started and spread the theory of evolution (must give title and author).
Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species
This author wanted to give the Irish a heroic past to look back on.
William Butler Yeats
A poetic/dramatic form involving one side of a conversation held with one or more listeners, whose side of the story we do not hear
Dramatic Monologue
A self-contradictory statement that holds a measure of truth upon further examination
Paradox
Wrapping lines around to the next line of the poem
Enjambment
French poem using 3 line stanza and a concluding 4 line stanza. 1st and 3rd lines become refrains and final two lines of final stanza
Villanelle
A time marked by the Age of Dryden, Age of Pope, and the Age of Johnson
Restoration / 18th Century
What were the results of the first and second reform acts?
Extending voting rights
Expectation vs. reality