Study Guide: Poetry Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• prose : ordinary spoken or written language without structured meter or rhyme.
• line : a single row of words in a poem.
• stanza : a grouped set of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
• rhyme scheme : the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem.
• couplet : two lines of poetry that usually rhyme and form a unit.
• tercet : a group of three lines in a poem, often rhyming.
• quatrain : a four-line stanza, often with a rhyme pattern.
• stressed syllable : the part of a word that is emphasized when spoken.
• open form : poetry that does not follow a regular pattern of rhyme or meter.
• closed form : poetry that follows a set structure, rhyme, or meter.
• refrain : a repeated line or phrase in a poem, like a chorus in a song.