Poetry Term 1

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

• Meter

• Stanza

• lyric

• anaphora

The patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry

• Poetry

• Meter

• Prosody

• Enjambent

the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language

• stanza

• syntax

• couplet

• meter

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

• Free Verse

• Rythym

• Rhyme

• Blank Verse

The pace and beat of a poem

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Refrain

repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes

• assonance

• refrain

• anaphora

• elegy

The systematic arrangement of language in a series of rhythmic movements involving stressed and unstressed syllables

• Blank Verse

• Syntax

• Meter

• Prosody

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

• Meter

• assonance

• enjambent

• elegy

a line, phrase, or single word that is repeated periodically within the poem to build up drama, emphasis, or rhythm

• Couplet

• refrain

• lyric

• meter

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

• couplet

• lyric

• Dialogue

• Meter