ENG 225 WEEK 2 STUDY GUIDE
WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
◉ Dramatic poetry. Answer: A poem structured so as to present a
scene or series of scenes, as in a work of drama. Consists wholly of
dialogue among characters and lacks a narrator (or narration is kept
to a bare minimum)
◉ Lyric poetry. Answer: Originally meant to be sung to the
accompaniment of a lyre but now, any relatively short poem that
depicts a specific situation, scene, or incident in which a single, first-
person speaker expresses their thoughts and feelings
◉ Dramatic monologue. Answer: A hybrid of a dramatic poem and
lyric poem. Features a single, first-person speaker who addresses a
silent auditor(s) in a specific situation and setting that is revealed
entirely through the speaker's words. The speaker, who may be an
unreliable narrator, often unintentionally reveals their personality,
views, and values. Resembles a scene from a play
◉ Epic poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A long narrative
poem that celebrates the achievements of mighty heroes and
heroines, usually in founding a nation or developing a culture, and
uses elevated language and grand, high style. Other epic conventions
include beginning in medias res, an invocation of the muse, a
,journey to the underworld, battle scenes, and a scene in which the
hero arms himself for battle
◉ Romance poem (don't need ro memorize). Answer: Originally, a
long medieval narrative in verse or prose written in one of the
Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.) and depicting the
quests of knights and other chivalric heroes and the vicissitudes of
courtly love; also known as chivalric romance
◉ Ballad poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A verse narrative
that was originally meant to be sung. They were originally a folk
creation, transmitted orally from person to person and
characterized by relatively simple diction, meter, and rhyme scheme;
by stock imagery; by repetition; and often by a refrain (a recurrent
phrase or series of phrases)
◉ Occasional poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A poem
written to celebrate or commemorate a specific event
◉ Carpe Diem (don't need to memorize). Answer: Meaning "seize
the day" in Latin, a common theme of literary works that emphasize
the brevity of life and the need to make the most of the present
◉ Aubade (don't need to memorize). Answer: A poem in which the
coming of dawn is either celebrated or denounced as a nuisance
, ◉ Elegy (don't need to memorize). Answer: (1) Since the
Renaissance, usually a formal lament on the death of a particular
person, but focusing mainly on the speaker's efforts to come to
terms with his or her grief; (2) more broadly, any lyric in sorrowful
mood that takes death as its primary subject
◉ Rhyme. Answer: Repetition or correspondence of the terminal
sounds of words ("how now, brown cow?")
◉ End rhyme. Answer: Most common type of rhyme, occurs when
the last words in two or more lines of a poem rhyme with each other
◉ Internal rhyme. Answer: Occurs when a word within a line of
poetry rhymes with another word in the same or adjacent lines, as in
"The Dews drew quivering and chill"
◉ Half/near/slant rhyme. Answer: Rhyme that is slightly "off" or
only approximate, usually because words' final consonant sounds
correspond, but not the vowels that proceed them ("phases" and
"houses")
◉ Eye rhyme. Answer: Involves words that don't actually rhyme but
look like they do because of their similar spelling ("cough" and
"bough")
WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
◉ Dramatic poetry. Answer: A poem structured so as to present a
scene or series of scenes, as in a work of drama. Consists wholly of
dialogue among characters and lacks a narrator (or narration is kept
to a bare minimum)
◉ Lyric poetry. Answer: Originally meant to be sung to the
accompaniment of a lyre but now, any relatively short poem that
depicts a specific situation, scene, or incident in which a single, first-
person speaker expresses their thoughts and feelings
◉ Dramatic monologue. Answer: A hybrid of a dramatic poem and
lyric poem. Features a single, first-person speaker who addresses a
silent auditor(s) in a specific situation and setting that is revealed
entirely through the speaker's words. The speaker, who may be an
unreliable narrator, often unintentionally reveals their personality,
views, and values. Resembles a scene from a play
◉ Epic poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A long narrative
poem that celebrates the achievements of mighty heroes and
heroines, usually in founding a nation or developing a culture, and
uses elevated language and grand, high style. Other epic conventions
include beginning in medias res, an invocation of the muse, a
,journey to the underworld, battle scenes, and a scene in which the
hero arms himself for battle
◉ Romance poem (don't need ro memorize). Answer: Originally, a
long medieval narrative in verse or prose written in one of the
Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.) and depicting the
quests of knights and other chivalric heroes and the vicissitudes of
courtly love; also known as chivalric romance
◉ Ballad poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A verse narrative
that was originally meant to be sung. They were originally a folk
creation, transmitted orally from person to person and
characterized by relatively simple diction, meter, and rhyme scheme;
by stock imagery; by repetition; and often by a refrain (a recurrent
phrase or series of phrases)
◉ Occasional poem (don't need to memorize). Answer: A poem
written to celebrate or commemorate a specific event
◉ Carpe Diem (don't need to memorize). Answer: Meaning "seize
the day" in Latin, a common theme of literary works that emphasize
the brevity of life and the need to make the most of the present
◉ Aubade (don't need to memorize). Answer: A poem in which the
coming of dawn is either celebrated or denounced as a nuisance
, ◉ Elegy (don't need to memorize). Answer: (1) Since the
Renaissance, usually a formal lament on the death of a particular
person, but focusing mainly on the speaker's efforts to come to
terms with his or her grief; (2) more broadly, any lyric in sorrowful
mood that takes death as its primary subject
◉ Rhyme. Answer: Repetition or correspondence of the terminal
sounds of words ("how now, brown cow?")
◉ End rhyme. Answer: Most common type of rhyme, occurs when
the last words in two or more lines of a poem rhyme with each other
◉ Internal rhyme. Answer: Occurs when a word within a line of
poetry rhymes with another word in the same or adjacent lines, as in
"The Dews drew quivering and chill"
◉ Half/near/slant rhyme. Answer: Rhyme that is slightly "off" or
only approximate, usually because words' final consonant sounds
correspond, but not the vowels that proceed them ("phases" and
"houses")
◉ Eye rhyme. Answer: Involves words that don't actually rhyme but
look like they do because of their similar spelling ("cough" and
"bough")
