Structure Flashcards
Verse
Term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measure rhythmical pattern, that often but not necessarily rhymes
Stanza
Section of poem/ like a paragraph in a prose
Couplet
Two lines; quatrain- four lines
Repetition
Repeating words, lines, or ideas to make a point
Refrain
A line or group of words repeated regularly or irregularly
Blank Verse
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (ten syllables, every other syllable is stressed; the was Shakespeare writes his plays)
Rhyme
A repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines
Meter
When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called meter
Rhythm
Term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
Prose
The way we usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of words
