Poetry Forms Flashcard

Front

Literary device where repeated vowel sounds are used in words, phrases, or sentences.

Back

Assonance

Front

An eight line stanza in poetry.

Back

Octave

Front

A Petrarchan sonnet is also known as what?

Back

An Italian sonnet

Front

Poetry not written in traditional meter but still rhythmical is called what?

Back

Blank verse

Front

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory words is known as?

Back

Oxymoron

Front

What is the term for a three-line stanza?

Back

Tercet

Front

What is a seven-line stanza called?

Back

Septet

Front

What is the term for a six-line stanza?

Back

Sestet

Front

A poem that tells a story is known as what?

Back

Narrative poem

Front

What is the term for a two-line stanza?

Back

Couplet