Poetry Terms I

Question 1

Ballad

Answer 1

a form of narrative verse that can be either poetic or musical (follows pattern of rhymed quatrains)

Question 2

Caesura

Answer 2

break between words within a metrical foot + can simply indicate a pause occurring in the middle of a line

Question 3

Meter

Answer 3

pattern of repeated stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Question 4

Rhyme scheme

Answer 4

pattern of rhymes at the end of each line (annotated with letters)

Question 5

Stanza

Answer 5

a division of poetry (couplet, tercet, quatrain, or villanelle)