Poem+Vocabulary

Here are a few words that will come up in this poetry unit. Feel free to add words and definitions that you find that seem important to the unit.

Couplets- two lines of poetry that usually rhyme Stanza- fixed number of lines of verse in a poem Iambic pentameter- a common meter in poetry that has an unrhymed line with 5 sets of Unstressed/stressed syllables Meter- basic rhythmic structure in a verse of poetry. Refrain Alliteration Repetition Rhyme Rhyme scheme Imagery/Sensory Detail Simile Metaphor Free Verse Ballad Sonnet Personification Onomatopoeia