English 1 poetry - structure
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 couplet | two-line stanza |
| tercet | three-line stanza |
| quatrain | four-line stanza |
| cinquain | five-line stanza |
| sestet | six-line stanza |
| septet | seven-line stanza |
| octave | eight-line stanza |
| line | line in a poem |
| stanza | group of lines in a poem (verse or section, named by the number of lines in the group) |
| sonnet | 14-line poem |
| haiku | Japanese poem (3 lines with 5, 7, and 5 syllables) |
| refrain | repeated lines or stanzas (like the chorus in a song) |
| rhetorical question | question that isn't asking for an answer ex: Could you walk any slower? |
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