Poetry Vocabulary Unit

the continuation of a sentence or clause across one poetic line break

a unit of pronunciation in speech

a three-line stanza, or any unit of three lines of verse, rhymed or unrhymed

a two-syllable foot, the first of which is unstressed and the second of which is stressed

the measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a line of verse

a three-syllable foot, the first two of which are unstressed and the last of which is stressed

a two-line stanza, or any unit of two lines of verse, rhymed or unrhymed

a four-line stanza, or any unit of four lines of verse, rhymed or unrhymed

If a line contains a complete phrase or sentence, or ends with "terminal" punctuation, it is...

a phrase, line, or set of lines, usually appearing at the end of a stanza, repeated at intervals throughout a poem

the structure of a poem, including its line lengths, line breaks, meter, stanza lengths, and rhyme scheme

making use of the same word or phrase multiple times within a poem

a five-line stanza, or any unit of five lines of verse, rhymed or unrhymed

the process of determining the meter of a poem or a line of verse

a pattern of sounds repeated at the ends of a poem's lines

fundamental unit of poetry, which carries meaning horizontally across the page and vertically from one to the next

Which of the following is NOT a movement in the history of American poetry?

the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction

a set of lines arranged to form a distinct group within a poem

term describing when a greater amount of force is used to pronounce one syllable over another

a metrical unit that consists of some set combination of stressed and unstressed syllables

a two-syllable foot, the first of which is stressed and the second of which is unstressed

a three-syllable foot, the first of which is stressed and the last two of which are unstressed