Poetry Terms

a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words

• acrostic

• iamb

• stanza

• verse

the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• assonance

• acrostic

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

in poetry, the repetition of the sound near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

• ballad

• rhyme

• epic

• verse

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

• blank verse

• free verse

• strict verse

• AB verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

two rhyming words that are consecutive or very close together in a phrase or line

• close rhyme

• quatrain

• couplet

• internal rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme

• couplet

• quatrain

• doublet

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• elegy

• obituary

• limerick

• haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the adventures of heroic figures or the history of a nation

• elegy

• epic

• limerick

• acrostic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

• iamb

• foot

• line

• verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9