Poetry Vocabulary

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How a writer deliberately uses line breaks to emphasize their message

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Lineation

Front

Each paragraph or verse of a poem

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Stanza

Front

Stanza division, transition words, conjunctions, punctuations, and changes in setting, etc.

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Shifts

Front

An un-accented (un-stressed) syllable followed by an accented (stressed) syllable

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Iamb

Front

The rhythm or pattern of syllables (beats) in a line of poetry

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Meter

Front

Sets of lines that rhyme

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Couplet

Front

The pattern of rhyming at the end of each line (Ex. ABAB, ABAC, AABB, AABBA, etc.)

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Rhyme Scheme

Front

A writer’s specific word choice

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Diction

Front

A writer's deliberate word order

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Syntax

Front

The specific type of poetic structure (Ex. Acrostic, Ballad, Blank Verse, Concrete, Free Verse, Haiku, Sonnet, etc.)

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Form