Name__________________________________ Section_______________ Poetry Terms Part C. Form and Sound: Word Bank 1: Literary Term 1. poetry verse lyric poem HOW the poet says it poetry speaker stanza Definition and Examples a type of literature (genre) in which language, images, sound, and rhythm are combined to create an emotional effect 2. lyric poem a poem that is an expression of an emotion e.g., song “Yesterday” and poem “If There Be Sorrow” 3. speaker the voice in a poem (similar to the narrator of a story) 4. verse a line in a poem (similar to a sentence) 5. stanza a group of lines that form a unit in a poem (similar to a paragraph) Word Bank 2: Literary Term 6. alliteration rhyme scheme alliteration end rhyme rhythm internal rhyme repetition near/slant rhyme Definition and Examples the repetition of initial consonant sounds (same first sound) u l 7. rhythm the pattern of beats (of unstressed and stressed syllables) in a line of poetry 8. rhyme scheme the pattern of end rhymes in a poem (abacdd, etc.) 9. repetition the recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a piece of writing 10. end rhyme rhyme that occurs at the end of lines 11. near/slant rhyme words that nearly or almost rhyme with one another e.g., The following pairs of words nearly or almost rhyme: soul and all earth and death rhyme and line rose and dove save and live that is (z sound) and lattice (s sound) almost rhyme 12. internal rhyme rhyme that occurs within a line Part D. Analyzing the Form of “Yesterday” 1. The song “Yesterday” has _______ stanzas. 2. There are _______ lines in each stanza. 3. The poet, Paul McCartney, used internal rhyme in four lines. These lines are line _______ with the words _____________________ and ____________________ line ______ with the words _____________________ and ____________________ line _______ with the words _____________________ and ____________________ line _______ with the words _____________________ and ____________________ 4. For each stanza, count out and write the number of beats per line in the second column at the end of each line. What pattern do the beats per line follow? The pattern of beats per line create rhythm! Notice how stanzas ______ , ______ , ______ , and _____ all follow the same pattern. Stanzas ______ and ______ share the same pattern. This pattern creates a balanced, calming effect. 5. Let’s map out the rhyme scheme for “Yesterday.” Be sure to use all lowercase letters. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Label the first line a. All other lines that end with the same rhyme as the a line should also be labeled a. Label the next new rhyme b. All other lines that end with the same rhyme as the b line should also be labeled b. Label the next new rhyme c, and so on . . . What is the rhyme scheme for the second stanza? _____ _____ _____ _____ How does this differ from the other stanzas? What could be the significance or importance of this? It stands out, and therefore, gets our attention. It’s the most important stanza. It contains the theme or main point of the poem/song.