Poetry Terms Review

Poem with 14 lines, 10 syllables in each line, and often uses the rhyme scheme of ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG.

• allusion

• free verse

• sonnet

• haiku

Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Typically about nature and use no rhyme scheme.

• Haiku

• Ode

• Sonnet

• Iambic Pentameter

Sixteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets (set of three lines) and one quatrain (set of four lines). They use the rhyme scheme of ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABAA

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Ekphrasis

• Villanelle

The Greek word for "description." It is a vivid description of a piece of art. It uses no rhyme scheme.

• Free Verse

• Ekphrasis

• Sonnet

• Stanza

Poem in praise of a person, object, or event. Modern versions of this poem have multiple stanzas with 10 lines each, typically consisting of three to five stanzas. They use the rhyme scheme ABAB-CDECDE in each stanza.

• Ekphrasis

• Villanelle

• Ode

• Haiku

Poetry with no rhyme or meter.

• Free Verse

• Anaphora

• Syntax

• Stanza

Repetition of the initial sound of a word.

• Anaphora

• Syntax

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Reference to a person, place, thing, or event.

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Personification

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of each line.

• simile

• metaphor

• syntax

• anaphora

non-rhyming iambic pentameter

• free verse

• blank verse

• metaphor

• simile