Poetry Terms

Free Verse is:

• a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd/

• poetry does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme.

• the pattern of rhyming sounds.

• a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that give poetry a beat.

Rhyme is:

• poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme scheme.

• the repetition of the same consonant sounds.

• the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.

• the repetiton of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them.

Rhyme that comes at the end of lines is:

• end rhyme.

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia.

• alliteration.

Rhyme that occurs within a line is:

• end rhyme.

• alliteration.

• internal rhyme.

• refrain.

A rhyme scheme is:

• a word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem or song.

• the repeated use of a word, phrase, sound or pattern.

• the pattern of rhyming sounds at the ends of lines in a poem.

• the way to capture natural rhythms of ordinary speech.

Meter is

• poetry that does not have regular meter or rhyme.

• a word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly.

• the repeated use of a word phrase, sound or pattern.

• a regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables that gives poetry its beat.

Analyzing lines of poetry for accented and unaccented syllables to figure out the the meter is:

• alliteration.

• scanning.

• refrain.

• rhyme scheme.

A word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated regularly in a poem or song usually at the end of a stanza is:

• meter.

• scanning.

• a refrain.

• repetition.

Repetition is

• a word, phrase, line or group of lines repeatedly regularly in a poem or song.

• the repeated use of a word, phrase, sound or pattern.

• the use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.

• lines of poetry scanning for accented or unaccented syllables.

The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together is

• meter.

• refrain.

• onomatopoeia.

• alliteration.