Poetry TermsMrs. GrahamEnglish 9 1:1

Same as a “verse”

A paragraph of writing in a poem. These paragraphs are written as clusters of rhyming lines in traditional poetry. Also known as a stanza.

Stanza

When sounds match at the end of lines of poetry, it is considered rhyming (technically, it is end-rhyme).

What is “Rhyme”?

Two lines of poetry that rhyme.

Roses are red, violets are blue Sugar is sweet and so are you

Couplet

The pattern of rhyme in a poem that is decided by assigning letters to the lines of the poem that rhyme.

To decide on a rhyme scheme, you…1. assign a letter of the alphabet to all rhyming lines of poetry, starting with “A”2. when you find a second rhyme sound, you start with the next letter of the

alphabet, “B”3. When you find a second rhyme sound you continue with the next letter4. And so on, and so on

Twinkle, twinkle, little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky

Rhyme Scheme

Four lines of poetry that have a rhyme scheme.

Quatrains often have an “AABB”, “ABAB” or “ABCB” rhyme scheme.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Quatrain