Verse Forms/rhyming Flashcards

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Couplet

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Two lines of poetry that rhyme. Ex: roses are red violets are blue I am emo; how ‘bout you?

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Quatrain

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Four lines of poetry with a rhyme scheme. Often use abab or abcb rhyme schemes

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Stanza

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The grouping of lines within a poem

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Rhyme

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Sounds that match at the end of lines of poetry

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Rhyme scheme

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The pattern of rhyme in a poem reprinted by letters of the alphabet
Ex: abab

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Rhythm

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A pattern of sound in a poem, musical beat of a poem

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