Elements of Poetry

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What is the name for a single line in a poem?

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A verse

Front

What is the name for a group of lines in a poem?

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A stanza

Front

A group of four lines in a poem is called what?

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A quatrain

Front

A group of two lines in a poem is called what?

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A couplet

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of rhyming sounds in a poem

Front

What is meter?

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

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What is rhythm?

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The beat of a poem

Front

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I walked quickly down the road,
and saw a man that looked sick.
He told me that he was old,
and then chased me with a stick.

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ABAB

Front

How many stressed syllables are in each line of this poem? Rake the leaves, grab the keys, lock the door, & sweep the floor.

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2-stressed syllables in each line

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Which genre of poetry is this? A brief, unrhymed poem about nature that originated in Japan. It has a specific amount of syllables in each line.

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Haiku