Shakespearian/English Sonnet Form
three quatrains and a couplet
Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet Form
octet and sestet
quatrain
4 line stanza
couplet
2 line stanza, sends off the sonnet at the end
octet
8 line stanza
sestet
6 line stanza
envoi
to send off, used for couplets, from french envoyer
Iambic Pentameter
5 lines each 10 syllables that follow the pattern unstressed stressed
elision
the omission of a sound while speaking
english sonnet rhyme
abab cdcd efef gg
italian sonnet rhyme
octet is abba abba, sestet varies
Elegy
written for someone who is dead
Elegy example
Mid Term Break Seamus Heaney
Landscape Meditation example
Dover Beach Matthew Arnold
Picture Poem example
In Media Res Michael McFee
Dramatic Monologue
Writer creates a character who gives a speech or tells a story
Dramatic Monologue example
My Last Duchess Robert Browning
Ballad example
La Belle Dame sans Merci John Keats
Ode
In praise of something, no required rhyme scheme
Ode examples
To Autumn John Keats
Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats
Ode to the Reel Mower Jim Daniels
Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats
Ode to the Reel Mower Jim Daniels
Villanelle
19 line poem of 5 tercets and a quatrain
tercet
3 line stanza
Villanelle examples
Do Not Go Gentle Dylan Thomas
One Art Elizabeth Bishop
One Art Elizabeth Bishop
Sonnet Examples
Shall I Compare Thee William Shakespeare
My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun William Shakespeare
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer John Keats
If I should chance Edna St. Vincent Millay
My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun William Shakespeare
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer John Keats
If I should chance Edna St. Vincent Millay
Stanza
grouped set of lines within a poem
Shall I compare thee
william shakespeare, sonnet
my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun
william shakespeare, sonnet
on first looking into chapman’s homer
john keats, sonnet
if i should chance
edna st. vincent millay
do not go gentle
dylan thomas, villanelle
one art
elizabeth bishop, villanelle
to autumn
john keats, ode
ode on a grecian urn
john keats, ode
ode to the reel mower
jim daniels, ode
la belle dame sans merci
john keats, ballad
my last duchess
robert browning, dramatic monologue
mid term break
seamus heaney, elegy
in media res
michael mcfee, picture poem
dover beach
matthew arnold, landscape meditation
