Poetry Vocabulary

Any writing that uses words for their sound, rhythm, as well as their meaning.

• Poetry

• Prose

Ordinary writing that expresses ideas in simple, direct language. Examples: Newspapers, novels, or textbooks.

• Poetry

• Prose

Measures a poems rhythm. (number of syllables, patterns of stressed and unstressed words)

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Pattern of repetition of sounds.

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Repetition of similar sounds. (found at the end of words)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

Pattern. Intervals between syllables.

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

Repeating of words or phrases.

• Rhythm

• Repetition

No rhyme scheme or meter. The lines are broken up as the writer sees fit.

• Stanza

• Free Verse

The lines of a poem. (similar to the paragraphs in an essay)

• Stanzas

• Meters