P OETRY T ERMS terms 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 travels Along 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 it And 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 melodie That’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 James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree Took great Care of his Mother, Though he was only three. James Said to his Mother, “Mother,” he said, said he; “You must never go down to 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.