Chapter2:Rhythm, Rhyme and Meter of Poetry

Rhyme
Words that share a sound with each other

End Rhyme
Rhyme that comes at the end of line

Internal Rhyme
A rhyme within the line

Near Rhyme
Words that sound similar

Rhythm
The beat that helps create the poems pace, sound that a poem make

Meter
The repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Stanza
a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought, similar to a paragraph

Rhyme scheme
The pattern of end rhyme

Quatrain
Four line groupings usually united by meter and rhyme

What gives poetry a musical quality?
Due rhythm, rhyme, meter, and rhyme scheme

Figurative language
Includes words, phrases, symbols and ideas to evoke metal images and sensory impressions

Simile
Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”

Metaphor
Says one thing “is” another, but the reader knows its meant as a comparison

Extended metaphor
Extends a metaphor through several lines or even an entire poem

Symbolism
A clearly visible object or idea stands for something else that may not be as obvious

Repetition
Repeating of words or sounds

Alliteration
The repeated use of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Consonance
Repetition is focused on consonant sound

Assonance
Repetition is focused on a vowel sound

Limerick
A 5 line poem that has a very recognizable sound and lends itself to fun topics and sheer silliness

Sonnet
A 14 line, rhyming poem defined by a meter known as iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter
Poetic meter, pairing 10 syllables per line into 5 pairs

Blank verse
Simply unrhymed iambic pentameter

Free verse
Adopts the rhythm of everyday speech, rises and falls, pauses and proceeds with no predictable pattern

Narrative poems
Includes epics and ballads which all tell a story

Epic
An adventure panoramic en-scope featuring a larger than life hero with supernatural powers

Ballad
Shorter than narratives, traces a life or event with tragic overtones and a dramatic conclusion

Lyric Poem
Zeroes in on emotions or feelings, not a whole story

The Cremation of Sam McGee
Robert Service

The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Purple Cow
Gelett Burgess

A Red, Red rose
Robert Burns

O Captain, My Captain
Walt Witman

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost

The Winter Sundays
Robert Hayden

There was an Old Man
Edward Lear

This is Just to Say
William Carlos William

Casey at the Bat
Ernest Thayer

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Maya Angelou

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