Poetry 2

​Syntax - word order, or the way in which the elements of language (words, phrases, clauses, etc.) are arranged to create well-formed sentences
Meter - a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry
Rhyme - the repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem
Poetic Form - the particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem

ON YOUR GUIDED NOTES WORKSHEET, MATCH THE NUMBER OF THE DEFINITION TO THE VOCABULARY TERM LISTED ABOVE.

​Diction - word choice, or the type of language an author uses.
Figurative Language - expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level
Stanza - the basic unit of a poem, made up of a series of lines
Grammar - a system of language rules used to form sentence in speech or writing
ON YOUR GUIDED NOTES WORKSHEET, MATCH THE NUMBER OF THE DEFINITION TO THE VOCABULARY TERM LISTED ABOVE.

​Rhythm - the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

Line - a string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase

ON YOUR GUIDED NOTES WORKSHEET, MATCH THE NUMBER OF THE DEFINITION TO THE VOCABULARY TERMS ABOVE.

​Slant Rhyme: words that share some similar sounds, but do not rhyme perfectly 

Example: “He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves- And Immortality.”

Internal rhyme: it occurs within a single line or a verse

Example: “Don't hate me, break me I won't let it take me is how I'm feelin lately.”

​What is a SONNET?



A sonnet has 14 lines. 

• Each line has 10 syllables. 

• Sonnets are usually written in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter is a meter of 10 syllables in each line and a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables.

​A Shakespearean Sonnet:

- 3 quatrains (a set of four lines that communicate a message)

- A rhyming couplet (a set of two lines at the end of a sonnet and typically reveals the THEME of the poem)

- has a regular rhyme scheme of ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG