Poetry Vocabulary

A stanza in a poem that has exactly FOUR lines.

• Couplet

• Graphical Elements

• Quatrain

• Poetic Structure

A single line of poetry.

• Poetic Structure

• Verse

• Stanza

• Meter

The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines.

• Graphical Elements

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on the arrangement, this may be fast, slow, choppy, or smooth.

• Rhyme

• Meter

• Rhythm

• Verse

Two lines that rhyme, but they also often have the same meter, or rhythmic structure in a verse or line.

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Meter

• Poetic Structure

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

• Verse

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Stanza

The repetition of the same or similar sounds.

• Graphical Elements

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet's placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

• Poetic Structure

• Verse

• Stanza

• Meter

Uses punctuation and capitalization to create meaning or add effect in poetry. The poem may also be represented through visuals.

• Graphical Elements

• Poetic Structure

• Stanza

• Rhyme Scheme

Describes the organization of words and lines in a poem. It also describes its rhyme scheme and meter.

• Poetic Structure

• Graphical Elements

• Stanza

• Rhythm