Poetry Terms Poetry Breakdown and Types of Poetry

Poetry Terms Poetry Break-down and Types of Poetry

Ballad p A fairly short narrative poem written in a song like stanza form.

Couplet p A pair of rhymed lines

Free Verse p Poetry written in free verse is arranged in lines, may be more or less rhythmical, but has no fixed metrical pattern or expectation.

Lyric Poetry p Poetry with a lyrical or song-like quality.

Narrative Poetry p A poem that tells a story.

Quatrain p A four line stanza poem.

Sonnet p Type of lyric poetry; fourteen lines.

Stanza p A group of poetic lines that form a unit (a poem’s paragraph)

Poetry Terms It is time for rhyme!!

End Rhyme p Occurring at the end of two or more lines of verse.

Extended Rhyme p The addition of extra phrases to the rhythm of the song to delay an anticipated second rhyme.

Internal Rhyme p Rhyming that occurs within the line rather than at the end.

Rhyme p A pattern of words that contains a similar sounds at the end of the line.

Rhyme Scheme p A repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line.

Rhythm p Internal feel of beat and meter perceived when poetry is read aloud.

Iambic Pentameter Let’s break it down: p Feet= groups of syllables p Meter= pattern of syllables in a line of poetry p Iambic= type of foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable p Penta= five p Iambic Pentameter= a line with 5 feet (pairs) of stressed and unstressed syllables