Poetry Structure and Form

A group of lines (similar to a paragraph) in a poem is called a...

• Stanza

• Line

• Enjambment

• Lineation

A stanza with three lines is called...

• Couplet

• Tercet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

A stanza with 5 lines is called...

• Tercet

• Cinquain

• Septet

• Octave

A stanza with 7 lines is called...

• Septet

• Octave

• Cinquain

• Couplet

A stanza with 8 lines is called...

• Septet

• Quatrain

• Tercet

• Octave

A stanza with two lines is called...

• Septet

• Sestet

• Tercet

• Couplet

Can a poem have stanzas with different numbers of lines? (Ex. stanza one is a couplet, stanza 2 is a quatrain, etc.)

• Yes

• No

What is enjambment?

• When a line in a poem ends in punctuation

• When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation

• When a line in a poem ryhmes with the line before

• The way the speaker feels about the subject he/she is writing about

What is end-stop?

• When a line in a poem ends in punctuation

• When a line in a poem ends with no punctuation

• When an author makes the lines ryhme

• When a poem does not ryhme

What do you call a stanza with only one line?

• Sestet

• Octave

• There is no name for it!

• Couplet