Poetry Vocabulary

this is a pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme (AABB)

• rhyme scheme

• couplet

• line

• ballad

a two lined pair of rhymed lines

• couplet

• ballad

• cinquain

• triplet

The single line of words in a poem

• couplet

• line

• triplet

• ballad

this form of poetry tells a story. It is usually composed of four-line stanzas in which the 2nd and 4th line rhyme

• ballad

• diamante

• cinquain

• bio poem

words that imitate sounds

• hyperbole

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

something that makes a comparison between two unlke things using like or as

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

a poem of three lines. Most often all three lines are rhymed.

• triplet

• couplet

• cinquain

• ballad

This form of poetry comes from Japan and has 17 syllables. It uses a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern.

• cinquain

• diamante

• grogu

• haiku

This poem that is written about a person follows a pattern and has 11 lines

• autobiography

• bio poem

• stanza

• ballad

This is a poem of 5 lines that do not rhyme. The 2nd line is made with two describing words.

• cinquain

• diamante

• haiku

• stanza