Poetry Vocabulary

How a writer deliberately uses line breaks to emphasize their message

• Form

• Lineation

• Rhyme Scheme

• Shifts

Each paragraph or verse of a poem

• Form

• Lineation

• Shift

• Stanza

Stanza division, transition words, conjunctions, punctuations, and changes in setting, etc.

• Form

• Lineation

• Meter

• Shifts

An un-accented (un-stressed) syllable followed by an accented (stressed) syllable

• Form

• Iamb

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza

The rhythm or pattern of syllables (beats) in a line of poetry

• Iamb

• Lineation

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Sets of lines that rhyme

• Couplet

• Iamb

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

The pattern of rhyming at the end of each line (Ex. ABAB, ABAC, AABB, AABBA, etc.)

• Couplet

• Iamb

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

A writer’s specific word choice

• Diction

• Form

• Syntax

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A writer's deliberate word order

• Diction

• Form

• Syntax

• Tone

The specific type of poetic structure (Ex. Acrostic, Ballad, Blank Verse, Concrete, Free Verse, Haiku, Sonnet, etc.)

• Form

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

• Stanza