Introduction to Poetry

4. 6 line stanza
7. 5 line stanza
8. a poetic style that does not use a set meter or rhyme scheme
9. it is where a line of poetry ends
10. the central idea of message of the poem
11. a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing
13. is the voice that is speaking the poem
14. a nine-line poem where each line has a specific, descending syllable count, starting at nine and ending with one
17. a poem in the form of an address to a particular subject
19. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem
22. literary works in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
24. 7 line stanza
25. the situation or background of the poem

1. a repeated line, phrase, or word in a poem
2. a highly structured poem made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain, with two repeating rhymes and two refrains
3. a group of lines in a poem
5. a line that continues a sentence or phrase without punctuation from one line to the next
6. 3 line stanza
12. 8 line stanza
15. the attitude the poet conveys through the poem
16. the rhythm of a poem based on the number of syllables per line
18. a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme
20. 2 line stanza
21. 4 line stanza
23. a line that ends with punctuation