Poetic Structure Flashcards
1
Q
All lines rhyme.
A
Monorhyme
2
Q
Pairs of lines rhyme next to each other.
A
Rhyming Couplet
3
Q
Three consecutive lines rhyme.
A
Rhyming Triplet
4
Q
ABAB.
A
Alternate Rhyme
5
Q
ABBA.
A
Enclosed Rhyme
6
Q
Two line stanza.
A
Couplet
7
Q
Three line stanza.
A
Tercet
8
Q
Four line stanza.
A
Quatrain
9
Q
Five line stanza.
A
Quintet
10
Q
Six line stanza.
A
Sestet
11
Q
Eight line stanza.
A
Octave
12
Q
Poem without rhyme.
A
Free Verse
13
Q
A line that doesn’t end with a pause.
A
Enjambment
14
Q
Giving something human characteristics (e.g. ‘The wind cried.’).
A
Anthropomorphism
15
Q
Suggesting that a person is the human form of a concept (e.g. ‘He is happiness.’).
A
Personification
