Poetry Terms

Front

Language that is not meant to be taken literally but gives added effect to words.

Back

Figurative Language

Front

The use of the same word or phrase multiple times.

Back

Repetition

Front

A group of lines in a poem; a poem 'paragraph'.

Back

Stanza

Front

A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

Back

Rhythm

Front

A fixed and recurring rhythm in a poem.

Back

Meter

Front

Poetry without a pattern of rhyme or meter.

Back

Free Verse

Front

Alike or similar sounds.

Back

Rhyme

Front

The pattern of rhymes in a poem.

Back

Rhyme Scheme

Front

Rhyme that occurs at the end of a line of a poem.

Back

End Rhyme

Front

Rhyme that occurs within a single line of a poem or between internal phrases in multiple lines of a poem.

Back

Internal Rhyme