Poetic forms such as the sonnet and haiku, meter, and poetic devices from a college poetry course.
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- What is a sonnet?
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A fourteen-line poem, typically written in iambic pentameter, with a specific rhyme scheme and thematic development.- How many syllables are in each line of a haiku?
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5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third (5-7-5).- What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.- What is the rhyme scheme of a Petrarchan sonnet?
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ABBAABBA CDECDE (or CDCDCD for the sestet).- What is a tercet?
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A three-line stanza.- What is a quatrain?
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A four-line stanza.- What is a couplet?
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A two-line stanza, typically with rhyming end words.- What is a villanelle?
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A nineteen-line poem with two rhyme sounds, featuring two refrains that alternate and appear together at the end.- What is terza rima?
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A form of interlocking tercets with the rhyme scheme ABA BCB CDC, continuing as needed.- What is blank verse?
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Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter.- What is free verse?
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Poetry with no regular meter or rhyme scheme, allowing the poet freedom from formal constraints.- What is an octave?
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An eight-line stanza or section of a poem.- What is a sestet?
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A six-line stanza or section of a poem.- What is a limerick?
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A humorous five-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA and a bouncy rhythm.- What is an iamb?
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A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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