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.