Poetry Unit Vocabulary Definitions

Arrangement of verses that forms a poem's division

14 line poem usually with 10 syllables per line

Written work that follows grammatical structure

17-syllable poem of 3 lines of 5-7-5 syllables

Poem that is shaped like what the poem is about

Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

Funny/silly verse of 3 long and 2 short rhyming lines

Poetry or lines arranged in metrical patterns

Regular pattern of syllables that defines rhythm

Poem that tells a story usually in 4-line stanzas called quatrains