Poetic structures and forms Flashcards
rhyme
the repetition of syllable sounds - usually at the ends of lines, but sometimes in the middle of a line (called internal rhyme).
couplet
a pair of rhyming lines which follow on from one another.
stanza
a group of lines separated from others in a poem.
enjambment
the running over of a sentence from one line to the next without a piece of punctuation at the end of the line.
caesura
a stop or a pause in a line of poetry - usually caused by punctuation.
blank verse
poetry written in non-rhyming, ten syllable lines.
dramatic monologue
a poem in which an imagines speaker address the reader.
elegy
a form of poetry which is about the death of its subject
end stopped
a line of poetry ending in a piece of punctuation which results in a pause.
epigraph
a quotation from another text, included in poem
lyric
an emotional, rhyming poem, most often describing the emotions caused by a specific event.
ode
a formal poem which is written to celebrate a person, place, object, or idea.
free verse
non-rhyming, non-rhythmical poetry which follows the rhythms of natural speech.
quatrain
a four line stanza
sestet
a six line stanza
