Blank Verse
Poetry that lacks rhyme but follows a specific metre
Ballad
Poem that tells a story
~> usually in song
Anapest
Two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
Dactyl
One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
~> eg “poetry”
Elegy
Poem mourning someone who died
Envoi
A brief concluding stanza at the end of a poem
Strict Metre
A regular pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables
Formal Verse
Rhymes poetry with strict meter
Iamb
Two syllable pattern used in poetry where one stressed syllable is followed by one unstressed one
Refrain
In a poem when a line(s) regularly repeat
Slant Rhyme
Where two words located at the end of lines of poetry themselves end in similar consonant sounds
Spondee
Two syllable pattern in poetry where both syllables are stressed
Trochee
Two syllable pattern where a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed one
Villanelle
A poem of 19 lines:
5x three line stanzas
1x four line stanza
Rhyme scheme:
ABA - 3 line
ABAA - 4 line
