Rhythm

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What is rhythm?

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An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

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What are stressed syllables?

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A stressed syllable has a longer, louder, and higher sound than the other syllables in the word.

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What are unstressed syllables?

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An unstressed syllable is the part of the word that you don't emphasize or accent.

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What is refrain?

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A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.

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What is Couplet?

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A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.

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What is Internal rhyme?

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Internal rhyme is rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines.

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What is free verse?

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Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

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What is blank verse?

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Unrhyming iambic pentameter, also called heroic verse.

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What is Imagery?

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Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

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What is Iambic Pentameter?

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a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable