Basic Poetry Terms

Front

What are the words of a song called?

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Lyric

Front

What is a humorous poem that is three long and two short lines that rhyme in the AABBA pattern?

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Limerick

Front

What is usually one row of text in a poem that does NOT always end with a period?

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Line

Front

What is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, with a structure of 5-7-5 syllables, that does NOT rhyme?

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Haiku

Front

Who is the character that is the voice of the poem, usually not the author?

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Speaker

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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Stanza

Front

What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem called?

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Rhyme scheme

Front

What is a poem that tells a story, often with a musical quality?

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Ballad

Front

What is a poem that does not have a specific rhyme or rhythm?

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Free Verse

Front

What do we call the repetition of sounds at the end of words in poetry?

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Rhyme