Creative Writing Poetry Writing Techniques 2

Question 1

What is an elegy?

Accepted Answer

A poem mourning the death of a person or lamenting a loss

Answer

An elegy is a mournful poem written to grieve a death or express sorrow for a significant loss.

Question 2

What is a villanelle?

Accepted Answer

A 19-line poem with two repeating refrains and a specific rhyme scheme

Answer

A villanelle has 19 lines arranged in five tercets and a closing quatrain, with two lines repeating as refrains.

Question 3

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely placed words.

Question 4

What is assonance?

Accepted Answer

Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Answer

Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyme.

Question 5

What is an ode?

Accepted Answer

A lyric poem praising or celebrating a subject

Answer

An ode is a formal lyric poem that exalts and praises a person, event, or object.

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