Vocabulary-Poetry

A type of writing that expresses an idea or feeling, sometimes using rhyming patterns, rhythms, and specific formulas.

• Poetry
• Drama
• Novel
• Prose

Poems that have a set number of lines or syllables. They sometimes follow a specific pattern based on parts of speech and word count.

• Sonnet
• Limerick
• Formula poems

• Free verse

Poems that do not have any set rhyme or rhythm patterns, or any other set of rules.

• Metered poems
• Free verse poems
• Rhymed poems
• Structured verse poems

When words are arranged in such a way that they give a musical quality or beat to the writing.

• Cadence
• Harmony
• Melody
• Rhythm

When words end with the same sound.

• Rhyme
• Rime
• Ryhm
• Ryme

A three-lined poem typically about nature that usually does not rhyme and tt follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

• Sonnet
• Limerick
• Ode
• Haiku