Poem or Song

the pattern of rhyme in a poem or song. Usually it’s characterized by letters (ABAB or AABB, etc.)

• poetic license

• rhyme scheme

• tone

• refrain

One of the divisions of a poem, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines (kind of like a paragraph in prose)

• rhythm

• quatrain

• couplet

• stanza

the right of the poet to go against standard grammar rules and conventions

• rhyme scheme

• quatrain

• poetic license

• free verse

The recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

• diction

• rhythm

• free verse

• couplet

A synonym for rhythm

• meter

• stanza

• tone

• rhyme scheme

the lack of any regular rhythm or meter in a poem

• stanza

• quatrain

• rhythm

• free verse

A pair of lines in poetry that usually rhyme or have the same meter

• quatrain

• couplet

• stanza

• refrain

a stanza of four lines, usually the lines alternate in rhyme (ABAB)

• meter

• diction

• quatrain

• refrain

one repeating line in a poem

• poetic license

• diction

• free verse

• refrain

a lyric poem of fourteen lines. Typically the lines are divided into four stanzas. (the first 3 stanzas have 4 lines each and the last has 2 lines)

• sonnet

• haiku

• catalog poem

• narrative