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