Poetry - Form and Structure

• What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry?

  Assonance
• What is the term for a harsh discordant mixture of sounds?

  Cacophony
• What does cadence refer to in poetry?

  The regular rise and fall of the voice
• What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds?

  Consonance
• What is end rhyme?

  Rhymes of the end of a line
• What sounds are referred to as fricatives?

  f and th sounds
• What is internal rhyme?

  Rhymes inside of a line
• What is onomatopoeia?

  Words which sound like the noise they refer to
• What are plosives in phonetics?

  k, p (voiceless) and d, g, b (voiced)
• What is sibilance?

  sh and z sounds
• What is a caesura in poetry?

  A break between words within a metrical foot
• What does enjambment refer to?

  The continuation of a line poetry onto the next line
• What is a foot in poetry?

  Unit of measurement for syllables
• What is a lamb in poetry?

  A pair of syllables, second stressed
• What is pentameter?

  A form of verse with 5 feet
• What is hexameter?

  A form of verse with 6 feet
• What is a refrain in poetry?

  A short phrase often repeated
• What is tetrameter?

  A form of verse with 3 feet
• What is a trochee?

  A pair of syllables, first stressed
• What are the types of stanzas in poetry?

  • Monostich
  • Couplet
  • Tercet
  • Quatrain
  • Quintet
  • Sestet
  • Septet
  • Octave
  • Nonet
  • Dizain
• What is a monostich?

  A one-line stanza
• What is a couplet?

  A pair of successive lines of verse
• What is a tercet?

  A three-line stanza
• What is a quatrain?

  A four-line stanza
• What is a quintet?

  A five-line stanza
• What is a sestet?

  A six-line stanza
• What is a septet?

  A seven-line stanza
• What is an octave?

  An eight-line stanza
• What is a nonet?

  A nine-line stanza
• What is a dizain?

  A ten-line stanza