Poetry Stanzas and Lines Rhyme Scheme

Poetry is written in...

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

The author of a poem

• poet

• stanza

• line

Lines are grouped in

• stanzas

• alphabetical order

• random order

• segments

A group of lines in a poem are...

• Form
• Stanza
• Verse

A two line stanza is a

• tercet

• coupler

• terter

• couplet

A three line stanza is a

• terter

• terlet

• tercet

• terttrain

A four line stanza is a

• Terlet

• Quatter

• Tercet

• Quattrain

How many lines/verses are in each stanza?2

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Another word for a verse is a

• stanza

• line

• meter

• mood

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4