Poetry

Poetry differs from prose, regular written language, in that it can be written in certain
arrangements, such as st___________, and has a rh________________beat caused by similar
sounding words, or stresses, in a pattern.
Sonnets are ________line poems with a definite __________scheme. There are ___main kinds
of sonnets: _____________or Shakespearian, and ____________or Petrarchan. Both of these
are written in _______________ _________meter.
Rhyme schemes:
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1. ______________is the repetition of internal consonant sounds in closely situated words.

An example is: _____________________________________________________________
2. ______________is the repetition of similar sounding vowels in closely situated words
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
3. ______________ is addressing an inanimate object, an abstract idea, or someone dead.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
4. _________________is giving human qualities to animals, or making inanimate objects appear
alive.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
5. _______________is the reference to literature, mythology, works of art, or historical events
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
6. __________________ is obvious exaggeration

An example is: _____________________________________________________________

7. __________________is when the word represents the sound it makes.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
8. A________________is something that represents something other than itself.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
9. _______________is the comparison between two unalike things using like or as.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
10. _________________is the direct comparison between two unalike things.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
11. _______________is stating something disagreeable in more pleasant terms.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
12. _______________is when someone says the opposite of what is meant.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
13. A_____________is a play on similar sounding words.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
14. A limerick is a short poem ______lines long with the rhyme scheme:___, ___, ___, ___, __.
The subject matter is usually ________________.
15. _____________Pentameter is the pattern of ______________
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_____________ syllables in a line of poetry. This is usually found in __________________
and works by ______________________.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
16. _______________verse is poetry that has no end rhyme.
17. ________________verse is poetry written in iambic pentameter with no end rhyme.

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Name:_________________________________
18. __________________ is a question posed to provoke thought, not to be answered
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
19. An __________________is an adjective that contradicts a noun.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
20. A ________________is a phrase that seems to contradict itself, but makes sense on
examination
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
21. _________________________is when we indicate the whole by using one of its parts
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
22. ____________________is describing something by naming something closely associated
with it
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
23. _____________________________is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely
situated words.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
24. A_____________ is a poem expressing a speakers thoughts and feelings
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
25. An _____________is a poem written about death in a sustained, mournful, serious manner
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
26. An ________________is a long narrative poem on a great and serious subject, centered on a
heroic figure.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________

27. A____________________is a song that tells a story. It is usually dramatic, impersonal and
contains a regular rhyme scheme.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
28. A ______________________is a poem in imitation of the classics in which the characters are
all cast in roles of shepherds and shepherdesses, or a sympathetic treatment of simple rural life.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
29. An ____________is a lengthy poem with, usually, a complex metrical and stanzaic form.
It usually addresses somebody or something, and contains a serious or
important subject.
An example is: _____________________________________________________________
30. A _______________________________ is a poem that informs as well as entertains.
An example is: ______________________________________________________________
31. An _______________________________________ is a poem that begins with the letter of a
word read vertically.
32. A _________________________________ is a poem made of three lines, and 17 syllables.
An example is: _________________________________________________________________
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33. A ____________________________________ poem forms the shape of its subject matter.
An example is: