Poetry Terms

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Stanza

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Group of poetic lines.

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Rhyme Scheme

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Pattern of end rhymes.

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Enjambment

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No punctuation at the end of a line; the reader does not pause.

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End-Stop

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Punctuation at the end of a line; this makes the reader pause.

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Meter

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Rhythmic pattern of stressed syllables; it is the number of syllables in a line.

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Sonnet

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14-line poem with set form.

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Iamb

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Unstressed followed by stressed syllable.

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Pentameter

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Five metrical feet per line.

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Blank Verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Couplet

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Two rhymed lines.