Poetry vocabulary

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stanza

• have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

• a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit

• the use of long and short stresses or stressed and unstressed, within the writing

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rhythm

• have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

• a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit

• the use of long and short stresses or stressed and unstressed, within the writing

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rhyme

• have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

• a division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit

• the use of long and short stresses or stressed and unstressed, within the writing

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syllable

• a single, unbroken vowel sound within a spoken word

• have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

• the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem

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rhyme scheme

• a single, unbroken vowel sound within a spoken word

• have or end with a sound that corresponds to another

• the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem

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free verse

• a poem without defined rhyme or rhythm limitations

• a humorous poem of five lines using a rhyming scheme of aaba

• a fourteen line rhyming poem, typically consisting of ten syllables each line

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limerick

• a poem without defined rhyme or rhythm limitations

• a humorous poem of five lines using a rhyming scheme of aaba

• a fourteen line rhyming poem, typically consisting of ten syllables each line

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sonnet

• a poem without defined rhyme or rhythm limitations

• a humorous poem of five lines using a rhyming scheme of aaba

• a fourteen line rhyming poem, typically consisting of ten syllables each line

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haiku

• composed of fourteen lines, and most are divided into three quatrains (4 line stanza) and a final, concluding couplet (2 line stanza), rhyming scheme:

  abab cdcd efef gg

• the first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject. Written vertically. Each line begins with a word or phrase that starts with that letter. Does not have to rhyme.

• a poem of Japanese origin containing three lines with five, sevem, and five syllables respectively

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Shakespearean sonnet

• composed of fourteen lines, and most are divided into three quatrains (4 line stanza) and a final, concluding couplet (2 line stanza), rhyming scheme:

  abab cdcd efef gg

• the first letters of each line form a word or message relating to the subject. Written vertically. Each line begins with a word or phrase that starts with that letter. Does not have to rhyme.

• a poem of Japanese origin containing three lines with five, sevem, and five syllables respectively