Poetry Flashcards
Rhythm
Flow of beat and give musical feel
Measured in meter by counting beats in each line
Rhyming patterns
AABB
ABAB
ABBA
ABCB
Imagery
Use of five senses to create vivid pictures or images in mind.
Stanzas are?
A group of lines
Couplet
Two lines
Tercet
Written in three lines usually rhymes
Quatrain
Four lines
Traditional Cinquan
Written in five lines
Do not rhyme
Line 1 - 2 syllables
Line 2 - 4 syllables
Line 3 - 6 syllables
line 4 - 8 syllables
Line 5 - 2 syllables
Word-count cinquain
One word Title
Two word desribe title
Three words describe action
Four words describe feeling
One word another word for title
Diamante
Seven line poem written in shape of a diamond
Does not rhyme
Follows pattern
Diamante Patern
Topic (Noun)
Two adjectives about noun
Three ‘ing’ words
Four nouns or short phrases
three ‘ing’
two adjectives
Ending topic noun
Types of diamante
Synonym and antonym diamante
Haiku
Japanese poems with 3 lines
Does not rhyme
5,7,5 syllables
About nature and captures a moment in time
Senryu
Same pattern as Haikyu
5,7,5
About human nature
Concrete poem
Poem written in shape of subject
