Poetry Flashcard

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What is a doggerel traditionally characterized by?

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Clichés, clumsiness, and irregular meter.

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What is an elegy typically about in traditional English poetry?

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A lament for a subject's death ending in consolation.

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What is the term for any poem expressing deep grief, usually at the death of a loved one or some other loss?

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Lament.

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Which poetic form is associated with idealized accounts of shepherds and rural life?

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Pastoral.

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What is a pithy, often witty, poem?

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Epigram.

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Define 'elegy'.

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the deceased.

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What is a ballad?

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A form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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What is a limerick?

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A humorous poem consisting of five lines with a specific rhythm and rhyme scheme.

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What is a sonnet?

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A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often exploring themes of love.

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What is a villanelle?

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A 19-line poem with a specific structure of five tercets followed by a quatrain.