• A 14 line poem

• Has 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet

• Follows a specific rhyme scheme

• Written in Iambic Pentameter

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A Checklist

​a stanza made up of four lines that rhyme alternately

​​A quatrain is...

​a stanza made up of two rhyming lines

​​A couplet

• Each part has its own Rhyme Scheme:

  • Quatrain 1: ABAB

  • Quatrain 2: CDCD

  • Quatrain 3: EFEF

  • Couplet: GG

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​Rhyme Scheme

​Iambic Pentameter

​A line of poetry compose of TEN SYLLABLES arranged in five metrical feet (iambs), each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

​--> Five heartbeats (da DUM x5)