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1. Words and phrases—write similes and metaphors as discussed earlier.
2. Free Verse—Especially suited to inexperienced writers because in free verse there is:
____a) No rhyming to lend artificiality
____b) No set pattern of rhythm or meter
____c) Free variation in length of lines, form and content
____d) Emphasis is on the thought expressed.
____Some examples of poems in free verse have already been mentioned.
3. Haiku—A poetic form consisting of three lines totaling 17 syllables.
____Line 1: 5 syllables
____Line 2: 7 syllables
____Line 3: 5 syllables
4. Couplets and triplets—Teacher can supply first line, then request rhyming line. Or students make lists of rhyming words as the point from which to begin.
5. Limericks—Consists of a triplet and a couplet.
____The triplet consists of lines 1, 2 and 5 whereas lines 3 and 4 form a couplet.
6. Quatrain—the most commonly used verse. Contains varied rhyme schemes and:
____a) Quatrains contain four lines
____b) The lines are of uniform length
____c) There is rhyme
____d) The rhyme pattern varies

1. Poetry
____Poetry is a patterned form of verbal or written expression of ideas in concentrated, imaginative, and rhythmical terms.
2. Meter
____Meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry.
3. Foot
____A foot is a unit of meter.
4. Types of Metrical Feet
____The basic types of metrical feet determined by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables are:.
a. iambic foot d. dactylic foot
b. trochaic foot e. spondaic foot
c. anapestic foot f. pyrrhic foot
5. Rhymed Verse
____ Rhymed verse consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter.
6. Blank Verse
____Blank verse consists of lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme.
7. Free Verse
____ Free verse consists of lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme.
8. Rhyme
____Rhyme (also spelled “rime”) is the similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words.
9. Position of Rhyme
____Rhyme may be end rhyme or internal rhyme.
10. Masculine Rhyme
____Masculine rhyme occurs when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word. (bend and send, bright and light)
11. Feminine or Double Rhyme
____Feminine rhyme occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhyme with another word. (lawful and awful, lighting and fighting, rattling and battling)
12. Triple Rhyme
____Triple Rhyme occurs when the last three syllables of a word or line rhyme. (victorious and glorious, ascendency and descendency, quivering and shivering, battering and shattering)
13. Rhyme Scheme
____Rhyme scheme is the pattern or sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first sound is represented or designated as a, the second sound is designated as b, and so on. When the first sound is repeated, it is designated as a.
14. Alliteration
____Alliteration is the repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse.
15. Onomatopoeia (on o mat o pe’a)
____Onomatopoeia is the use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds. (buzz, crunch, tinkle, gurgle, sizzle, hiss)
16. Personification
____Personification is the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.
17. Symbol
____A symbol is a word or image that signifies something other than what is literally represented.
18. Stanza
____A stanza is a division of a poem based on thought or form.
19. Kinds of Stanzas
____The basic stanza forms are:
____a. couplet—two-line stanza
____b. triplet—three-line stanza
____c. quatrain—four-line stanza
____d. quintet—five-line stanza
____e. sestet—six-line stanza
____f. septet—seven-line stanza
____g. octave—eight-line stanza
____h. others are identified as nine-, tenor eleven-line stanzas.
20. Limerick
____A limerick is a five-line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter. The rhyme scheme is usually a-a-b-b-a. The first, second, and fifth lines have three stresses; and the third and fourth have two stresses.