Poetic Elements

A metrical line of poetry composed of four feet.

• Cinquian

• Trochee

• Iamb

• Tetrameter

A stanza composed of four lines.

• Cinquian

• Quatrain

• Caesura

A foot with 2 syllables, a stressed followed by an unstressed one.

• Trochee

• Blank Verse

• Iamb

A stanza composed of five lines.

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Iamb

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within nearby words.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Consonance

• Assonance

A foot with two syllables, an unstressed followed by a stressed one.

• Iamb

• Trochee

• Caesura

Poetry which doesn't rhyme, in which lines are written in iambic pentameter.

• Blank Verse

• Villanelle

• Alliteration

A brief pause within a line of poetry.

• A pause

• A gap

• Caesura

A form of poetry composed of 5 tercets and a quatrain.

• Villanelle

• Blank Verse

• Tetrameter

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words.

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Feet

• Alliteration