Definition | Term | % Correct |
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A direct comparison using "like" or "as" | Simile | 85%
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Poetry that has no regular meter or line length | Free Verse | 81%
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A poem of 14 lines | Sonnet | 77%
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | Alliteration | 74%
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Typical Shakespearean rhythmic meter | Iambic Pentameter | 72%
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Traditional short narrative verse form, originally sung, which tells a story | Ballad | 70%
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An extended narrative poem, often exalted or heroic in theme | Epic | 69%
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When inanimate objects are given human-like qualities or characteristics | Personification | 69%
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A poetic "paragraph", named after the number of lines it contains | Stanza | 69%
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Usually an inscription on a tombstone, but also a name for any poem written about someone who had died | Epitaph | 64%
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A long, serious and dignified lyric poem, often written "to" someone or something | Ode | 64%
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A 6-line stanza | Sestet | 64%
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2 rhyming lines of verse (AA) with the same number of beats (meter) | Couplet | 62%
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A direct comparison of one thing with another | Metaphor | 62%
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The repetition of vowel sounds within words | Assonance | 58%
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A 4-line stanza | Quatrain | 58%
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An 8-line stanza | Octave | 55%
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A formal lament over the death of a particular person | Elegy | 54%
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The repetition of similar or duplicate sounds at regular intervals, usually at the end of a line of poetry | Rhyme | 54%
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The sense of movement given by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | Rhythm | 51%
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Type of literature that deals with rural or country life | Pastoral | 50%
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Discordant or harsh sounds which are introduced for poetic effect | Cacophony | 47%
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Words which sound like their meanings | Onomatopoeia | 47%
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Refers to the number of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | Meter | 46%
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Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | Blank Verse | 41%
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The repeating of a particular element in a work for deliberate effect | Repitition | 38%
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A short poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker; originally, a poem sung to accompany a lyre, or early harp | Lyric | 36%
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A line or lines repeated throughout a poem, usually at the end of each stanza | Refrain | 31%
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The particular arrangement of rhymes in a poem, stated as an alphabetical sequence where the letters correspond to a particular rhyme | Rhyme Scheme | 30%
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Close repetition of consonant sounds before and after different vowels | Consonance | 28%
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The juxtaposition of harsh or jarring sounds in a written work - see Cacophony | Dissonance | 28%
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A rhyme scheme that takes place in the middle of words or phrases, instead of at the end | Internal Rhyme | 24%
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A short witty statement or poem | Epigram | 23%
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Form of poetry addressed to a person absent or deceased, or to some inanimate object or entity | Apostrophe | 16%
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The particular pattern in a type of poetry | Form | 12%
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A quatrain consisting of alternation 4- and then 3-stress lines | Ballad Stanza | 4%
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