AP Literature: Poetic Forms

What is one characteristic of a villanelle?

• It is a variation of the sonnet form.

• It is traditionally considered a nineteen line poem.

• It does not rhyme.

• It deals with only abstract concepts.

Another characteristics of the villanelle is

• It has a refrain.

• The meter is restricted to only iambic pentameter.

• It does not require rhyme.

• The form was only used in the 17th century.

Another interesting aspect of the villanelle is

• It has free verse.

• It requires a specific meter.

• The number of lines varies.

• It has no restrictions on meter.

The sestina is

• from around the 1200s from France.

• Six six-line stanzas, often with a three-line epilogue.

• an interesting poem with the last words of all six lines of the first stanza also being the last words of the lines of each subsequent stanzas.

• All of the above

The rondeau is (check all that apply)

• a sort of almost sonnet.

• a cousin of the sonnet which came from Medieval France.

• fifteen lines divided unevenly among three stanzas.

• the rhyme scheme is AABBA-AABR-AABBAR, where R represents the first phrase repeated.

The troilet is

• also related to the sonnet.

• from Medieval Italy

• eight lines with wording of line one repeated in lines four and seven.

• a highly popular poetic form.

An elegy is (check all that apply)

• a type rather than a form

• a poem memorializing someone recently deceased and , usually known to the poet.

• not used by important poets

• a form that requires strict adherence to a metrical patter,

An ode is

• Odes are just like elegies.

• Are not formal by nature.

• Have a specific number of lines and metrical patter.

• Odes are characterized by form, which can be pretty lose.

Pastoral poetry is

• Requires a strict structure.

• Requires a specific number of lines.

• another instance of type over form. The subject matter defines this poem.

• A focus on an urban setting.

What is your foremost takeaway from this chapter on poetry?