1. Poetry Terms and Genres

2. Literary TermDefinitionQuestions during reading Words that are similar Poetic Style Words and thoughts of poem are just as important as its music, rhythm, and rhyme. Poetic form Brief but filled with high points of emotion, reflection, thoughts, and feeling. Figurative Language Figures of speech such as metaphor, imagery, simile, and so on. Tone Attitude toward subject and audience Rhyme Schemes The pattern of rhyme at the end of a line of poetry

3. Literary TermDefinitionQuestions during reading Words that are similar Stanza A number of lines of verse forming a separate unit within a poem. CoupletsTwo lines grouped together by rhyme scheme or stanza TercetThree lines … QuatrainFour lines… SestetSix lines… Octave8 lines… Blank VerseDoes not have lines that rhyme Sonnet Typically 14 lines, with a set rhyme scheme and structure

4. Literary TermDefinitionQuestions during reading Words that are similar Ballads Traditional song or poem, telling a story in a number of short stanzas Elegies Elegy mournful and reflective poem that pays homage to someone or something. Elegaic EpigramsShort satirical poems HymnsPoems of praise Limerickfive line humorous poem with a set rhythm and sometimes risqué subject matter. Usually has an opening line, “ There was a young lady called Jenny” OdeLyrical poem that expressed deep emotion and has a complex rhyme scheme and meter

5. Literary TermDefinitionQuestions during reading Words that are similar Lyric Poem of musical quality that expresses personal emotions Villanelle19 line poem that uses only two rhymes and consists of five three- line stanzas and a final quatrain EpicA long narrative poem often honoring a hero who has gone on an adventure. Sestinaa poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, with the last words of the first six lines repeated, in different order, at the ends of the other lines