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 in prose
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, 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
