Rhythm and Rhyme Terms

An eight-line stanza or poem

alphabetical representation of the way a poem rhymes, done by assigning each line a letter

a grouping of lines in a poem

a three-line stanza in poetry

a poem with no consistent rhyme or rhythm (meter) patterns

a four-line stanza in poetry

two successive rhyming lines of poetry, usually the same length

the rhyming of words in 1 line of poetry

the rhyming of the final syllables of a line

The analysis of the metrical patterns of a poem by organizing its lines into feet of stressed and unstressed syllables 

the most common foot of poetry in English, made up of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed

A six-line stanza

a measure of length in poetry

A foot consisting of two syllables, an accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable. 

A rhyming sound that occurs every other line in a poem

the emphasized pattern of repeated sounds in poetry; stressed and unstressed syllables

a near end rhyme; approximate