Poem
Of literary composition. May also be referred to as verse form.
A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
This concept's ID is @1~34145
Versification
- rhyme
Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
- prosody
(prosody) a system of versification.
Line
- verse
A line of metrical text.
- line of poetry
A single line of words in a poem.
Also contains
- stanza
A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem.
- sonnet
A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
- verse
A piece of poetry.
- epic poem
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
- lyric
A short poem of songlike quality.
- ballad
A narrative poem of popular origin.
- rondeau
A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated...
- versicle
A short verse said or sung by a priest or minister in public worship and followed by a...
- elegy
A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.
- canto
A major division of a long poem.
- abecedarius
A poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order.
- Alcaic
Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric...
- ballade
A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
- blank verse
Unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter).
- free verse
Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern.
- haiku
An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
- tanka
A form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and...
- terza rima
A verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.