Thursday, January 29, 2009

Poetry: Literary Form Terminology

The exam will draw from this list of poetry terms. We can do a quick review Tuesday if you like. Remember that the exam will ask you to define terms and to name a text that uses it, so try to prepare with that in mind.

Scansion
Rhythm
Meter
Foot
Rhyme
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
End Rhyme
Stanza/Strophe
Couplet (Heroic, Closed)
Sonnet
Villanelle
Enjambment
Free Verse
Blank Verse
Haiku

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