Poetic Structure

Poetry features certain structures, or ways of being organized, that are different from prose. These structures include...

A ____________ is a group of words arranged into a row.

• poem

• stanze

• line

• rhyme

The point at which a line ends, or breaks is important. Select ALL answers that are reasons a poet might create a break in the poem.

• certain rhyme

• number of syllables

• natural pause

• end of a sentence

A _________ is a group of lines.

• structure

• poem

• line

• stanza

___________ refers to the way a poet organizes the poem.

• stanza structure

• stanza

• line

• poem

two lines is called a __________

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• octave

four lines are called _____________

• quatrain

• octave

• couplet

• sestet

six lines are called __________

• quatrain

• octave

• sestet

• couplet

eight lines are called __________

• sestet

• couplet

• quatrain

• octave

All of the choices a poet makes about the line lengths, line breaks, and stanzas add to effect and __________ of a poem.