English 2401: Quiz 1, Poetry Exam I Questions With All Complete And Verified Solutions.

Prosodic structure and structure of ideas - correct answers A poem balances two kinds of structure: Prosodic structure - correct answers Use of form, sound, rhythm, meter to enhance meaning Form - correct answers types or kinds of poem as defined by content/rules, and metrical and stanza arrangement of a poem Epic - correct answers Long narrative poem, often "books" long Dramatic - correct answers A monologue or dialogue in a character assumed by the poet; like a soliloquy, it is spoken in character or as persona Lyric - correct answersa short poem of songlike quality Elegy - correct answersA sorrowful poem, typically about death Ode - correct answersA lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject. Narrative verse - correct answersa poem that tells a story Ballad - correct answersA poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas Sonnet - correct answersa poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Villanelle - correct answersA 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern Sestina - correct answersa poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi. Pantoum - correct answersA series of quatrains with a rhyme scheme of ABAB BCBC CDCD and repeated lines Free verse - correct answersvarying structures and sound patterns Stanza - correct answersA group of lines in a poem Couplet - correct answersTwo lines o rhymed verse, traditionally iambic pentameter Closed couplet - correct answersTwo rimed lines of iambic pentameter that usually contain an independent and complete thought or statement. Also called heroic couplet. Open couplet - correct answersA couplet in which the second line is not complete but depends on succeeding material for completion. Tercet - correct answers3 line stanza Terza Rima - correct answersA three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. Quatrain - correct answers4 line stanza Rhyme royal - correct answersA seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, used by Chaucer and other medieval poets. Ottava rima - correct answersa stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme scheme abababcc Spenserian Stanza - correct answersA nine-line stanza rhyming in an ababbcbcc pattern in which the first eight lines are pentameter and the last line is an alexandrine (12 syllable's) Ballad stanza - correct answersA four-line stanza, known as a quatrain, consisting of alternating eight- and six-syllable lines. Common meter or common measure Blank verse - correct answersunrhymed iambic pentameter Verse paragraphs - correct answersstanzas with a varying number of lines Dropped line - correct answersLine that completes with indented, lowered text and not justified with left margin of poem Shape poem - correct answersA poem written so the lines form a physical pattern, related to the subject of the poem. Italian Sonnet - correct answersa sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd Shakespearian Sonnet - correct answersABAB CDCD EFEF GG Spenserian sonnet - correct answersa sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee Open form - correct answersElegy, ode, narrative verse, dramatic monologue, ballad Closed form - correct answersSonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina iambic foot (iamb) - correct answersunstressed, stressed trochaic foot (trochee) - correct answersstressed, unstressed dactylic foot (dactyl) - correct answersstressed, unstressed, unstressed; waltz anapestic foot (anapest) - correct answersunstressed, unstressed, stressed (opposite of a waltz) spondaic foot (spondee) - correct answerstwo stressed syllables in a row Pyrrhic foot (pyrrhic) - correct answerstwo unstressed syllables Molossus - correct answersstressed, stressed, stressed catalectic syllable - correct answersa missing or implied syllable in the last foot but the implied syllables still are added in to make up the foot Meter - correct answersrecurring rhythmic units accentual-syllabic verse - correct answersa type of verse in which the counting of accents and syllables occurs within the same line. It is the type of poetry most people instantly recognize as "poetic," for it has a definite beat and often rhymes. accentual verse - correct answersEach line contains two strong stresses/beats on either side of a media caesura or strong pause syllabic verse - correct answersThe determining feature establishes a constant pattern by number of syllables per line. Every line may not have same number of syllables. Corresponding lines have the same # of syllables Free verse - correct answersPoems lacking a specific pattern or clear meter and regular stresses Alliteration - correct answersEchoes sound of first vowel or consonant at the beginning of words Assonance - correct answersEchoes sounds in the middle of words/internal vowel sounds Consonance - correct answersRepeats similar consonant sounds (middle of words) identical end rhyme - correct answersSame word repeated perfect end rhyme - correct answersRepetition of internal and or final sounds Visual rhyme - correct answersWords look like a rhyme match but sounds differ Masculine rhyme - correct answersend rhyme finishes on a final, single-stressed syllable Feminine rhyme - correct answersend rhyme finishes on final, unstressed syllables Internal rhyme - correct answersa rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next. Pararhyme - correct answersstressed vowel sounds differ but are flanked by identical or similar consonants Vowel rhyme - correct answersrhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words (assonance for end rhymes) Onomatopoeia - correct answersA word that imitates the sound it represents. End stopped lines - correct answerslines in which both the grammatical structure and the sense reach completion at the end Enjambed lines - correct answersLines continue without stopping at end Ekphratic poem - correct answersA poem based on a visual work of art. Ekphrasis functions as a specific type of allusion, a referencing technique outside of the poem and often needing clarification or further information/research to draw the full application to the poem The Dance - correct answersWhat is an example of ekphrasis? Hint: It involves the Wedding Dance Tone - correct answersLanguage/terms that describe emotional content or the possibilities embedded in poem Simile - correct answersan explicit comparison, pointing to one thing's similarity to another by using words such as like or as. Metaphor - correct answers implied comparison between one thing and another; the transfer of meaning in linking properties of one object with another Tenor - correct answers The subject of the metaphor Vehicle - correct answers The image by which some quality of the subject is illuminated Analogy - correct answers A resemblance between unlike objects considering their form or function; the compass in Donne's "Forbidding Mourning" Synesthesia - correct answers experiencing one sense in terms normally associated with another sense; for example, "seeing" colors when a sound is heard Synecdoche - correct answers Taking/using "a part for the whole." One part stands for the whole thing; scepter and crown must tumble down Metonymy - correct answers Use of a term closely associated with something rather than naming the thing; the use of "The White House" instead of the president. Hyperbole - correct answers The use of exaggeration Understatement - correct answers the use of subtle and imagery Paradox - correct answers Language that seems to create a self-contradiction Oxymoron - correct answers The use of two contradictory words