Poetry Vocabulary 2
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1. Free Verse- a form of poetry where there is no set pattern, meter, or rhyme
2. Speaker – The person, character, or object that is the voice of the poem.
3. Lyric- a type of short story poem that describes what the speaker thinks or how the
speaker feels
4. Meter- the regular or repeating sound pattern of a poem
5. Point of view – the position of the speaker of the work. Can be first person, second
person, third person limited, or third person omniscient
6. Repetition – when words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated
7. Rhyme Scheme – this refers to which lines in the poem rhyme. The rhyme scheme is
represented by letters. Example: aabb, abba, abcd, abab
8. Stanza – the sections that the poems are divided into; like paragraphs
9. Theme – The lesson learned or moral of the story/poem.
10.Refrain- a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end
of each stanza; chorus
Poetry Vocabulary 2
Quiz on_________________
1. Free Verse- a form of poetry where there is no set pattern, meter, or rhyme
2. Speaker – The person telling the story.
3. Lyric- a type of short story poem that describes what the speaker thinks or how the
speaker feels
4. Meter- the regular or repeating sound pattern of a poem
5. Point of view – the position of the speaker of the work. Can be first person, second
person, third person limited, or third person omniscient
6. Repetition – when words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated
7. Rhyme Scheme – this refers to which lines in the poem rhyme. The rhyme scheme is
represented by letters. Example: aabb, abba, abcd, abab
8. Stanza – the sections that the poems are divided into
9. Theme – the main topic or main idea of a poem, what the author wants you to know or
learn about the subject
10.Refrain- a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end
of each stanza; chorus