Poetry Terms

the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)

• poetic license

• rhyme scheme

• tone

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

the right of the poet to go against standard grammar rules and conventions

• rhyme scheme

• quatrain

• poetic license

• free verse

The recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

• diction

• rhythm

• free verse

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

A synonym for rhythm

• meter

• stanza

• tone

• rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

the lack of any regular rhythm or meter in a poem

• stanza

• quatrain

• rhythm

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

the word choice of an author

• quatrain

• tone

• diction

• meter

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

• tone

• diction

• refrain

• poetic license

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

One of the divisions of a poem, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines (kind of like a paragraph in prose)

• rhythm

• quatrain

• couplet

• stanza

A pair of lines in poetry that usually rhyme or have the same meter

• quatrain

• couplet

• stanza

• refrain

a stanza of four lines, usually the lines alternate in rhyme (ABAB)

• meter

• diction

• quatrain

• refrain