Lit terms list: poetry

Lines that recur throughout or poem/lyrics of a song; may vary slightly but generally exactly same (like a chorus)

Poetry that lacks a regular meter, does not rhyme, and use as a regular and sometimes very short line lengths

the patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables

19-line fixed form: 5 tercets aba + concluding quatrain abaa + lines 1 & 3 of first tercet are refrains in alt pattern

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Which Sonnet?: 14 lines, 2 parts: the octave (8 lines, abbaabba and sestet, cdecde or cdcdcd)

a poem about dawn; a morning love song; or a poem about the parting of lovers at dawn

repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the lines

Basic unit used in scansion or measurement of verse; 1 accented syllables & 1-2 unaccented syllables

Two successive lines usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme

poem that recounts a story - generally dramatic episode - that has been composed to be sung

Which Sonnet?: 3 quatrains and a couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg

repetition of the same sound at the end of the lines

the analysis of verse to show its meter

inexact but close rhyme

a lyric poem with a dignified tone in praise of someone, something, or important occasion

Reflective, formal poem that laments death, sometimes loss

brief melodic, imaginative poem characterized by fervent, structured expr of private thoughts/emotions by single speaker

Verse that tells a story

The pattern of rhyme in a poem; a lower case letter is typically assigned to each new rhyming sound

measured flow of words; signifying basic beat/pattern in a language; est by stressed & unstressed syllables & pauses

rhyme that occurs within lines

fixed form poem: 36 lines, 6 sestets + 3-line envoy; 6 words at end of first sestet's lines must be @ end of 5 sestets

lyric poem that almost always consists of 14 lines & follows conventional rhyme scheme

words that look like they should rhyme but don’t

An interlocking rhyme scheme with the pattern aba bcb cdc, etc.