Poetry: Terminology Week 2

What is the meaning of Refrain?

• When weather or the environment reflects the mood of the text or characters

• A phrase repeated in a poem often at the end of stanzas

• Unrhymed text in iambic pentameter (beating of the heart)

• Unrhyming text with no regular rhythm

What is the meaning of Blank verse?

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• The feeling and mood that the text is presented in

• Unrhymed text in iambic pentameter (beating of the heart)

• Unrhyming text with no regular rhythm

What is the meaning of Caesura?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• Unrhymed text in iambic pentameter (beating of the heart)

• Unrhyming text with no regular rhythm

What is the meaning of Free Verse?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• The continuation of a sentence over a line break

• Unrhyming text with no regular rhythm

What is the meaning of Enjambment?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• The continuation of a sentence over a line break

• Unrhyming text with no regular rhythm

What is the meaning of a Sonnet?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• A 14 line poem, traditionally about love, ending in a rhyming couplet

• A narrative poem telling a story, usually meant to be sung or spoken out loud

What is the meaning of a Ballad?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• A 14 line poem, traditionally about love, ending in a rhyming couplet

• A narrative poem telling a story, usually meant to be sung or spoken out loud

What is the meaning of Volta?

• When weather or the environment reflects the mood of the text or characters

• A phrase repeated in a poem often at the end of stanzas

• Unrhymed text in iambic pentameter (beating of the heart)

• A turn, or sudden change, in thought, tone or direction in a poem

What is the meaning of Meter?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A deliberate break or pause within a line of poetry for emphasis

• Close repetition of a vowel sound: A, E, I, O, U

• The way of measuring the rhythm of a poem through stressed and unstressed syllables

What is the meaning of Form?

• The overall structure of a poem and how this contributes to the meaning

• A stanza of irregular line lengths

• Close repetition of a vowel sound: A, E, I, O, U

• The way of measuring the rhythm of a poem through stressed and unstressed syllables