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POETRY TERMS
Stanza: a division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains.
Couplet- 2 lines
Triplet- 3 lines
Quatrain- 4 lines
Quintet- 5 lines
Sestet- 6 lines
Septet- 7 lines
Octave- 8 lines
Verse
A metric line of poetry
Type of stress pattern:
Iambic Pentameter- five feet (iambs)
Unstressed followed by stressed syllables
weak STRONG /weak STRONG /weak STRONG /weak STRONG /weak STRONG
Rhyme…..time!
Blank verse: Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse
.Free verse: Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
Internal rhyme: Rhyme within a line
Approximate or slant rhyme: a partial or imperfect rhyme. (moon/stone, pack/mat, stone/gone)
Rhyme Scheme
-the pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem
Examples:
-ABAB
AABB
ABCD ABCD
Etc.
Sweet Sounds
Alliteration: Repetition of the same sounds at the BEGINNING of words
Assonance: The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a group of words close together. (Especially in stressed syllable.)
Onomatopoeia: A word such as BUZZ or MURMUR, that imitates that sound of that which it represents
Refrain: A phrase, verse, or group of verses that are repeated regularly in a poem, usually at the end of each stanza
