Poetry Meters

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METER

The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and accented (or stressed) syllables.  (Examples of different line meters below)

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FOOT

Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of meter count.  

Example for 1 metrical foot: I sing
Example for 2 metrical fe...

Styles of Poetry

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ACROSTIC

First Letter in Lines Spell a word.

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BLANK VERSE

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Terms:
Iambic refers to a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.  (Example:  ”I’d love to sing a s...

Type of Rhymes

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BROKEN RHYME

this is where one rhyming word or words matches up with a piece of another.
Examples: eat, meeting – proposal, suppose – lover, coverlet – deception, exceptional – shall win, palindrome – versatility – perverse humility

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CHAIN RHYME

A rhyme scheme in which a rhym...

Poetry Line Terms

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STANZA or VERSE

A group of lines in a Poem

Examples:
Couplet – A two line Stanza
Tercet – Three Line Stanza
Quatrain – Four line Stanza
Quintain – Five line Stanza
Sestet – Six line stanza
Heptastich – Seven line stanza
Octave – Eight line stanza

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REFRAIN

A stanza, line, part of...