Poetic Forms

Front

What is a stanza with 2 rhyming lines called?

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Couplet

Front

What is a stanza with 3 lines called?

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Tercet

Front

What is a stanza with 4 lines called?

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Quatrain

Front

What is a 14 line poem with 10 syllables in each line and a specific rhyme scheme called?

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Sonnet

Front

What is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates the rhythm of lines of poetry?

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Meter

Front

What is a stanza with 5 lines called?

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Quintet

Front

What is a poem that does not have a specific rhyme scheme or meter called?

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Free verse

Front

What is a 3 line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure called?

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Haiku

Front

What is a stanza with 6 lines called?

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Sestet

Front

What is a poem that tells a story and has a specific rhyme scheme called?

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Ballad