Poetry Terms

3. a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables
7. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
8. A form of poetry that tells a story
10. Rhythm scheme of a sonnet
12. poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
13. verse without rhyme
16. a form of rhyme where the stressed vowel sound in both words are identical
17. A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables
18. two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common
20. two lines of verse

1. a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters
2. Type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings
4. the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
5. also known as dramatic verse or verse drama, is a written work that both tells a story and connects the reader to an audience through emotions or behavior
6. a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
9. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
11. a stylistic literary device identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different
14. A word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself
15. The basic rhythmic structure
19. correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words