Lit&CompHI Romeo and Juliet finals study guide

A four-line, typically rhyming unit of verse

• Stanza
• Quatrain
• Haiku
• Sonnet

Two consecutive line of poetry that rhyme

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• sonnet

sestet

• a seven-line stanza in poetry.

• a five-line stanza in poetry.

• a six-line stanza in poetry.

• a type of musical instrument.

Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, employing one of several rhyme schemes

• A sonnet is a ten-line poem written in trochaic pentameter.
• A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter with one of several rhyme schemes.
• A sonnet is a twenty-line poem written in haiku form.
• A sonnet is a twelve-line poem written in free verse.

a rhythmic pattern that consists of ten syllables per line, with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables

• Dactylic Hexameter
• repetition

• blank verse

• Iambic Pentameter

poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter

• Haiku
• Rhymed verse
• Blank verse
• Free verse

a statement, pair of statements, or even the exploration of an idea that seems contradictory upon first glance

• paradox
• coincidence
• classical allusion

• aliteration

Poetry written without line breaks that doesn’t rely on rhyme

• Blank verse
• sonnet

• Metered verse
• Free verse

An extended metaphor that expands on multiple points of comparison

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Conceit

the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes

• metaphor
• alliteration
• consonance
• assonance