Poetry Terms

Question 1

Imagism

Answer 1

The image is all that matters, its “rightness” and complete focus

E.g. In the Station of Metro by Ezra Pound (1/28)

Question 2

Enjambment

Answer 2

When one line of poetry runs into the next with no punctuation

• You do not pause at the end of a line, unless there is punctuation.
  E.g. A Blessing (1/28)

Question 3

Ballad

Answer 3

Four lined stanzas rhyming e.g. A-B-C-B

• not defined by their subject matter, and can be about anything
  E.g. Sir Patrick Spens (1/28)

The king sits in Dumferling town, A
Drinking the blude-reid wine: B
“O whar will I get guid0 sailor, C
To sail this ship of mine?” B

Question 4

Carpe Diem

Answer 4

Live for today or death or old age may intervene

Question 5

Sonnet

Answer 5

1. 14 lines (no more, no less)
2. Pentameter (5 feet per line; 2 syllables = 1 foot – 10 syllables per line)
3. Iambic (first syllable unstressed, second is stressed [per foot])
4. Rhyme
   • English (Shakespearean) Sonnet – ABAB CDCD EFEFGG
   • Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet – ABBA ABBA CDCDCD
   • CDCDCD – ending can vary (there are about 5. Turn – change in intellectual direction

Question 6

English Sonnet Rhyme Scheme

Answer 6

ABAB CDCD EFEFGG

Question 7

Petrarchan Sonnet Rhyme Scheme

Answer 7

ABBA ABBA CDCDCD