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Poetry Content Vocabulary for Weekly Assessment on December 1, 2011
aesthetic effects—the reactions a reader has to the form, content, and/or beauty of a work and
that engender enjoyment or an emotional reaction in that reader.
couplet - a pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed. The last two lines of a sonnet are a
rhyming couplet with the rhyme scheme of GG.
figurative language—speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a
special effect or meaning; speech or writing employing figures of speech such as similes or
metaphors, etc.
fixed form poems—poems that conform to definite, predetermined patterns of line and stanza,
e.g., sonnets, ballads, haikus, villanelles, sestinas, etc.
iamb - A metrical foot in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable.
iambic pentameter - a common meter in poetry consisting of five iambs totally 10 syllables.
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter.
meter – the regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry
poetry—a genre of literature in which individual works are generally recognizable in terms of form
and/or structure (e.g., meter, versification, rhyme, etc.), and/or precise and figurative use of
language
quatrain - are four line stanzas in poetry of any kind, rhymed, metered, or otherwise. A sonnet is
comprised of three quatrains with a definite end rhyme scheme and a couplet.
rhyme – the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words; internal
(occurs within a line), end rhyme (occurs at the ends of lines), slant rhyme (occurs when the
sounds are not quite identical)
rhythm – the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed
syllables in a line of poetry
sonnet – a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter
stanza – a grouping of two or more lines in a pattern that is repeated throughout a poem
Poetry Content Vocabulary for Weekly Assessment on December 1, 2011
aesthetic effects—the reactions a reader has to the form, content, and/or beauty of a work and
that engender enjoyment or an emotional reaction in that reader.
couplet - a pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed. The last two lines of a sonnet are a
rhyming couplet with the rhyme scheme of GG.
figurative language—speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a
special effect or meaning; speech or writing employing figures of speech such as similes or
metaphors, etc.
fixed form poems—poems that conform to definite, predetermined patterns of line and stanza,
e.g., sonnets, ballads, haikus, villanelles, sestinas, etc.
iamb - A metrical foot in poetry consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable.
iambic pentameter - a common meter in poetry consisting of five iambs totally 10 syllables.
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter.
meter – the regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry
poetry—a genre of literature in which individual works are generally recognizable in terms of form
and/or structure (e.g., meter, versification, rhyme, etc.), and/or precise and figurative use of
language
quatrain - are four line stanzas in poetry of any kind, rhymed, metered, or otherwise. A sonnet is
comprised of three quatrains with a definite end rhyme scheme and a couplet.
rhyme – the occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words; internal
(occurs within a line), end rhyme (occurs at the ends of lines), slant rhyme (occurs when the
sounds are not quite identical)
rhythm – the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed
syllables in a line of poetry
sonnet – a lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter
stanza – a grouping of two or more lines in a pattern that is repeated throughout a poem