| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sonnet | a lyric poem of 14 lines, usually written with a strict structure and rhyme scheme |
| speaker | the imaginary voice a poet speaks through in a poem |
| lyric poetry | poetry, usually short, that is told from a single speaker's point of view and focuses on his/her emotions |
| Shakespearean/English sonnet | a poem that is typically written in iambic pentameter with the following rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg. It is made up of 3 quatrains and 1 concluding couplet. |
| Petrarchan/Italian sonnet | a poem that is typically written in iambic pentameter with the following rhyme scheme: abbaabba, cdcdcd, or cdecde. It is made up of 1 octave and 1 sestet. |
| poetry's structure | how the poem is put together; i.e. stanzas and lines |
| octave | 8 lines of poetry (not necessarily divided visually) |
| narrative poetry | poetry, usually long, that tells a single story in great detail |
| sestet | 6 lines of peotry (not necessarily divided visually) |
| meter | in prose, or writing: a particular form of such arrangement, depending on either the kind or the number of feet constituting the verse or both rhythmic kind and number or feet |
| stanza | a division in poetry (not necessarily a visual one) in line and thought |
| iambic pentameter | the meter of a sonnet; 10 syllables per line moving from unstressed to stressed |
| couplet | 2 lines of poetry (not necessarily divided visually) that usually rhyme |
| quatrain | 4 lines of poetry (not necessarily divided visually) |
| rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme within poetry |
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