Poetry Flashcard

Poetry Flashcard

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English

12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a doggerel traditionally characterized by?

Back

Clichés, clumsiness, and irregular meter.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an elegy typically about in traditional English poetry?

Back

A lament for a subject's death ending in consolation.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss?

Back

Lament.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which poetic form is associated with idealized accounts of shepherds and rural life?

Back

Pastoral.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a pithy, often witty, poem?

Back

Epigram.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Define 'elegy'.

Back

A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the deceased.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a ballad?

Back

A form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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