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Poetry Forms and Terms
Kinds of poems and the words used to describe how poems are built.
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- haikuTermA Japanese-style poem in three lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables
- tankaTermA Japanese poem of five lines with 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllables
- limerickTermA funny five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme
- sonnetTermA 14-line poem, often in iambic pentameter
- Shakespearean sonnetTermA sonnet with three quatrains and a couplet, rhyming ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
- Petrarchan sonnetTermA sonnet with an octave and a sestet
- coupletTermTwo lines in a row that rhyme
- tercetTermA stanza of three lines
- quatrainTermA stanza of four lines
- cinquainTermA five-line poem with a set pattern of words or syllables
- diamanteTermA diamond-shaped seven-line poem
- acrosticTermA poem where the first letters of lines spell a word
- free verseTermA poem without regular rhyme or meter
- blank verseTermUnrhymed poetry in iambic pentameter
- balladTermA poem or song that tells a story
- epicTermA long poem about a hero's deeds
- odeTermA poem praising a person or thing
- elegyTermA poem of mourning
- lyric poemTermA short poem expressing feelings
- narrative poemTermA poem that tells a story
- concrete poemTermA poem shaped like its subject
- shape poemTermAnother name for a concrete poem
- villanelleTermA 19-line poem with two repeating refrains
- sestinaTermA 39-line poem with six repeated end words
- clerihewTermA funny four-line poem about a person
- epigramTermA short, witty saying in verse
- nursery rhymeTermA short traditional rhyme for children
- stanzaTermA group of lines in a poem
- verseTermOne line of a poem, or a stanza
- line breakTermWhere a line of a poem ends
- rhymeTermMatching end sounds in words
- rhyme schemeTermThe pattern of rhymes at the end of lines
- end rhymeTermRhyme at the ends of lines
- internal rhymeTermRhyme within a line
- slant rhymeTermWords that almost rhyme
- rhythmTermThe beat of the words
- meterTermThe pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
- footTermA unit of meter
- iambTermA foot with an unstressed then a stressed syllable
- trocheeTermA foot with a stressed then an unstressed syllable
- anapestTermA foot with two unstressed then one stressed syllable
- dactylTermA foot with one stressed then two unstressed syllables
- pentameterTermA line with five feet
- tetrameterTermA line with four feet
- refrainTermA line or phrase repeated in a poem or song
- speakerTermThe voice that talks in a poem
- enjambmentTermA sentence running over a line break
- caesuraTermA pause inside a line
- alliterationTermRepeating beginning sounds
- onomatopoeiaTermWords that sound like what they name
- imageryTermWords that create pictures in the mind
- stanza breakTermA blank line between stanzas
- voltaTermThe turn in thought in a sonnet
- rhyme coupletTermA pair of rhyming lines
- envelope rhymeTermABBA rhyme pattern
- alexandrineTermA line of six iambic feet
- sprung rhythmTermRhythm based on counting stressed syllables only
- slam poetryTermA poem performed aloud in a competition style
- spoken wordTermPoetry written to be performed
- found poemTermA poem made from words found elsewhere
- list poemTermA poem made as a list
- pantoumTermA poem with repeating lines in a set pattern
- ghazalTermA poem of couplets with a repeated word at the end of the second line
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