Structure Flashcards
verse
term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed
stanza
section of poem/ like a paragraph
couplet
2 lines
Quatrain
4 lines
repetition
repeating words lines or ideas to make a point
refrain
a line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly
blank verse
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables every other syllable is stressed; the way Shakespeare writes his plays)
rhyme
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
rhythm
term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in a poetry
prose
the way usually write and speak, no rhyme or economy of word
