Poetry Terms

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

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What is a tercet?

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A set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together.

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What is meter in poetry?

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Systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse.

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What is a villanelle?

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A nineteen line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain.

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What is a quatrain?

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A stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

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What is a couplet?

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A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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What is an ode?

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A lyrical poem that expresses emotion and is often addressed to a particular subject.

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What is a syllable?

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A single, unbroken sound of a spoken (or written) word, typically containing a vowel.

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What is an elegy?

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.