POETRY TERMSterms that have to do with

form

STYLE

a particular kind,sort, or type

of form, appearance, or character

FORM

something that gives or determines shape

a mold

FORM

haiku 

Basho 

No one travelsAlong this way but I,

This autumn evening.

STRUCTURE

the relationship or organization

of the component parts of a work of literature

STRUCTURE

diamante  “Take your Time” by Rosana Tellini

Vacation Happy, fun Sleeping, dancing, traveling Liberty, car, beach, night Exciting, interesting, moving Unhappy, boring Work

METER

poetic measure;

arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses

METER

from “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost

Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under itAnd spills the upper boulder in the sun,And make gaps even two can pass abreast.

VERSE

a stanza,

a succession of metrical feet,

a particular type of metrical line,

a poem or piece of poetry,

a metrical composition

VERSE

from “A Red, Red Rose” by Robert Burns

O, my luve’s like a red, red rose,That’s newly sprung in June:O, my luve’s like the melodieThat’s sweetly played in tune.

STANZA

an arrangement of a certain number of lines,usually four or more,

sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme,

forming a division of a poem

STANZAS

from “The Raven” by Edgar Alan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak

and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten

lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a

tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber

door.“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my

chamber door—Only this, and nothing more.”

RHYMES

agreeing end sound,

verses, or lines of poetry

having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines

RHYME

from “Disobedience” by A.A. Milne James JamesMorrison MorrisonWeatherby George DupreeTook greatCare of his Mother,Though he was only three.

James James Said to his Mother,“Mother,” he said, said he;“You must never go downto the end of the town,if you don’t go down with me.”

SONNET

a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment,

of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes,

being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet),

and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet

SONNET“Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room” by William Wordsworth Nuns fret not at their convent’s narrow room And hermits are contented with their cells; And students with their pensive citadels; Maids at the wheel, the weaver at his loom, Sit blithe and happy; bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness-fells, Will murmur by the hour in foxglove bells: In truth the prison, into which we doom Ourselves, no prison is: and hence for me, In sundry moods, ‘twas pastime to be bound Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground; Pleased if some Souls (for such there needs must be) Who have felt the weight of too much liberty, Should find brief solace there, as I have found.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Some stanzas have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme and form a division of a poem.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Some stanzas have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme and form a division of a poem.

Sometimes writing in stanzas is called VERSE: a succession of metrical feet, a particular type of metrical line, a poem or piece of poetry, a metrical composition.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Some stanzas have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme and form a division of a poem.

Sometimes writing in stanzas is called VERSE: a succession of metrical feet, a particular type of metrical line, a poem or piece of poetry, a metrical composition.METER is an arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic

lines.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Some stanzas have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme and form a division of a poem.

Sometimes writing in stanzas is called VERSE: a succession of metrical feet, a particular type of metrical line, a poem or piece of poetry, a metrical composition.METER is an arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic

lines.

Some forms of poems have verses or stanzas that RHYME.

Styles of Poems

(a STYLE is a particular kind, sort, form, or appearance)Some styles of poems have no set FORM.

Some poems have a given shape, a FORM.The relationship or organization of its component parts gives that style of poem its characteristic STRUCTURE.

Some poems with a particular form use STANZAS: an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more.

Some stanzas have a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme and form a division of a poem.

Sometimes writing in stanzas is called VERSE: a succession of metrical feet, a particular type of metrical line, a poem or piece of poetry, a metrical composition.METER is an arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic

lines.

Some forms of poems have verses or stanzas that RHYME.

One particular form of poetry that has rhyming stanzas is a SONNET.

…AND REMEMBER, THE BACKWARD POET WRITES INVERSE.