1. Poetry Break-down and Types of Poetry
Poetry Terms
Poetry Break-down
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Types of Poetry

2. Ballad
A fairly short narrative poem written in a song like stanza form.

3. Couplet
A pair of rhymed lines

4. Free Verse
Poetry written in free verse is arranged in lines, may be more or less rhythmical, but has no fixed metrical pattern or expectation.

5. Lyric Poetry
Poetry with a lyrical or song-like quality.

6. Narrative Poetry
A poem that tells a story.

7. Quatrain
A four line stanza poem.

8. Sonnet
Type of lyric poetry; fourteen lines.

9. Stanza
A group of poetic lines that form a unit (a poem’s paragraph)

10. Poetry Terms
It is time for rhyme!!

11. End Rhyme
Occurring at the end of two or more lines of verse.

12. Extended Rhyme
The addition of extra phrases to the rhythm of the song to delay an anticipated second rhyme.

13. Internal Rhyme
Rhyming that occurs within the line rather than at the end.

14. Rhyme
A pattern of words that contains a similar sounds at the end of the line.

15. Rhyme Scheme
A repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line.

16. Rhythm
Internal feel of beat and meter perceived when poetry is read aloud.

17. Iambic Pentameter Let’s break it down: Feet= groups of syllables
Meter= pattern of syllables in a line of poetry
Iambic= type of foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Penta= five
Iambic Pentameter= a line with 5 feet (pairs) of stressed and unstressed syllables