Poetry Terms

Front

the appearance of the words on the page

Back

form

Front

A group of words together on one line of the poem.

Back

line

Front

A group of lines arranged together

Back

stanza

Front

a two line stanza

Back

couplet

Front

A four line stanza

Back

quatrain

Front

Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

Back

rhyme

Front

True or false: A word always rhymes with itself.

Back

True

Front

A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line.

Back

end rhyme

Front

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line.

Back

internal rhyme

Front

The words share EITHER the same vowel or consonant sound BUT NOT BOTH

Back

near rhyme