Module 5: Poetry
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In this module you will learn how diction and figurative language are used to suggest meaning and for aesthetic and emotional effect. You will also learn about the technical aspects of poetry, including types and forms of poetry, poetic voice and personal identity, stressed and unstressed meter, and types of rhyme.
Activity 1: Key Terms and Concepts
- Accentual-syllabic
- Ballad
- Conceit
- Diction
- Epic
- Enjambment
- Figurative language
- Foot
- Monometer
- Dimeter
- Trimeter
- Tetrameter
- Pentameter
- Hexameter
- Heptameter
- Octameter
- Nonameter
- Decameter
- Form
- Blank Verse
- Free Verse
- Haiku
- Limerick
- Sonnet (see below)
- Epigram
- Triolet
- Villanelle
- Sestina
- Imagery
- Internal rhyme
- Lyric
- Meter
- Iambic
- Trochaic
- Anapestic
- Dactylic
- Monologue
- Narrative poetry
- Ode
- Rhyme scheme
- Rhymed words
- Exact
- Slant
- End
- Scansion
- Syllabic verse
- Sonnet (know the basic form of a sonnet)
- Italian (Petrarchan)
- English (Shakespearean)
- Spenserian
- Stanza
- Couplet
- Tercet
- Quatrain
- Sestet
- Octave
- Stress
- Symbol
- Verse
- Word-Play
Look up these terms in the glossary of your textbook or in the Glossary of terms on MyLiteratureLab Module 3 and learn their definitions. Create a visual schematic of these terms using concept maps, notes, or flash cards. Enter these key terms, definitions, concepts and vocabulary into your notebook or computer file. In your notebook, group these terms conceptually by putting all of each type together. One example of a group would be “Types of Rhyme.”
