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Meter

A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a set length.

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Rhythm

Following a specific type of meter. A poem's musicality.

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A poetic foot

Usually made up of two syllables and sometimes three.

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Iamb (Iambic)

A single foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Opposite of Trochee. 2 syllables in a foot

<p>A single foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Opposite of Trochee. 2 syllables in a foot</p>
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Trochee (Trochaic)

A foot made up of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Opposite of Iambic. 2 syllables in a foot.

<p>A foot made up of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Opposite of Iambic. 2 syllables in a foot.</p>
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Anapest (Anapestic)

A foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. 3 syllables in the foot.

<p>A foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. 3 syllables in the foot.</p>
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Monometer

One foot

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Dimeter

Two feet

<p>Two feet</p>
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Trimeter

Three feet

<p>Three feet</p>
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Tetrameter

Four feet

<p>Four feet</p>
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Pentameter

Five feet

<p>Five feet</p>
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Catalexis (catalectic)

An incomplete foot at the end of a line.

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Acatalexis (acatalectic)

A complete foot at the end of a line.

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Enjambment

When the sentence continues on the next line without punctuation

<p>When the sentence continues on the next line without punctuation</p>
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Ballad

A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas

<p>A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas</p>
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Haiku

A 3 line poem about nature with a 5-7-5 syllable count

<p>A 3 line poem about nature with a 5-7-5 syllable count</p>
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Elegy

A poem that remembers a person who has died

<p>A poem that remembers a person who has died</p>
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Sonnet

A 14 line poem about beauty, time, or love

<p>A 14 line poem about beauty, time, or love</p>
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Villanelle

a 19 line poem describing obsessions or an intense subject matter.

<p>a 19 line poem describing obsessions or an intense subject matter.</p>
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Free Verse

A poem that does not have any structure

<p>A poem that does not have any structure</p>
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Internal Rhyme

A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line

<p>A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line</p>
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End Rhyme

A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line

<p>A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line</p>
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End stopped line

when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon

<p>when a line of poetry ends with a period or definite punctuation mark, such as a colon</p>