Poetry Form

What are stanzas?

• regular patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables

• pattern of end rhymes

• lines divided into groups

• paragraphs

What is rhyme scheme?

• a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis

• words with the same beginning sounds

• one stressed syllable

• the pattern of end rhymes in a poem

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• alliteration

• assonance

• meter

• refrain

What is a free verse poem? Choose 2

• form of Japanese poetry in 3 lines

• short humorous poem in five lines

• without regular patterns of rhyme and rhythm

• captures the rhythms of ordinary speech

A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space. It looks like a "paragraph" of poetry.

• stanza

• refrain

• ballad

• chorus

The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on the page is known as ____

• form

• line

• all of the above

Poems that follow fixed rules are known as ___

• conventional/traditional form

• open/irregular form

• both options are correct

Structure is... 

• The way a poem sounds 

• A simile

• The way a poem's words and lines are laid out on a page 

• How a poem functions 

Poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure, and mimics regular speech is called ______________.

• ode

• free verse

• stanza

• ballad

Lines of poetry may be arranged into groups that are called ___

• forms

• line

• stanzas