Poetic Structure Flashcards
All lines rhyme.
Monorhyme
Pairs of lines rhyme next to each other.
Rhyming Couplet
Three consecutive lines rhyme.
Rhyming Triplet
ABAB.
Alternate Rhyme
ABBA.
Enclosed Rhyme
Two line stanza.
Couplet
Three line stanza.
Tercet
Four line stanza.
Quatrain
Five line stanza.
Quintet
Six line stanza.
Sestet
Eight line stanza.
Octave
Poem without rhyme.
Free Verse
A line that doesn’t end with a pause.
Enjambment
Giving something human characteristics (e.g. ‘The wind cried.’).
Anthropomorphism
Suggesting that a person is the human form of a concept (e.g. ‘He is happiness.’).
Personification
Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of sections of the poem.
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of sections of the poem.
Epistrophe
ABA BAB.
Terza Rima
A speaker telling a story.
A Dramatic Monologue
A speaker who is clearly incorrect/malicious.
A Flawed Narrator
