Structure Terms
A poetic version of a paragraph.
Stanza
GUESS THE FOOT:
delight
iamb
A line of poetry that finishes at a clear pause, like at punctuation (a period, comma, dash, etc.) or a line that contains a complete phrase.
End-stopped
When a poem does not have meter or rhyme.
Free verse
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.
A set of words in a poem that ends for a specific reason. Either due to rhythm, meaning, syllable count, pacing or rhyme.
Line
GUESS THE FOOT:
lover
trochee
The running-over of a sentence or phrase from one poetic line to the next, without punctuation.
Enjambment
When a poem has meter but does not rhyme.
Blank verse
What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines?
"But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:"
ABAB
A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.
Refrain
GUESS THE FOOT:
heartbreak
spondee
A stop or pause in a line, often marked by punctuation.
Caesura
A poem that has both meter and rhyme.
Formal verse
What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza?
"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me."
ABABCB
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, creating a rhythm.
Meter
GUESS THE FOOT:
syllable
dactyl
"And a child is always
laughing
in the splash of white water"
What kind of pause is this an example of?
Enjambment
What type of verse is a sonnet?
Formal verse
What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines?
"Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred."
AAABACD
The analysis of a poem's meter (stressed and unstressed syllables).
Scansion
GUESS THE FOOT:
interrupt
anapest
"Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride"
What kind of pause is this an example of?
Caesura
What kind of poem and type of verse is "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe written in?
Ballad and formal verse.
Create your own stanza with an ABAB rhyming scheme.
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