Poetry Terms

3. When the ending of multiple lines or words sounds the same and are spelt similar.
4. A word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of a poem
6. Verse in lines of irregular length, rhyming very irregularly.
7. A division of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit
9. Tells stories through verse and conversation.
11. Unrhyming verse in iambic pentameter lines.
14. A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables
15. Both tells a story and connects the reader to an audience through emotions or behavior.
18. Fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme.
19. When the endings of multiple words are exactly the same and are pronounced the same.
20. A poem of seventeen syllables with three lines of five, seven, and five.

1. Meter is the arrangement of rhythms in a repetitive pattern of strong and weak beats
2. A line of verse with 5 metrical feet, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
5. a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds.
8. A stylistic literary device identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different
10. A pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self-contained in grammatical structure and meaning.
12. A formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person
13. A very long poetic writing.
16. The repetition of the sound of a vowel in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
17. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.