
Poetstrain Homepage Poetry Forms Handbook: Introduction Glossary of Poetry Terms Meter Iamb Iambic Pentameter Rhyme scheme Couplet Stanza Alliteration Pun Sensory Language Imagery Simile Metaphor Types of Poetry Acrostic Ballad Blank verse Cinquain Diamante Epic poem Free Verse Haiku Limerick Ode Pantoum Quatrain Senryu Shape poetry Sonnet Tanka Villanelle Conclusion Practice: Try Out What You've Learned At The Poetry Forum!	Meter 1. Meter – Meter is the rhythm or pattern of syllables in the lines of a poem. English meter is founded on the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. The smallest units of poetic meter, like rhyme, vary in different poetic traditions. Different types of poetry are defined by the arrangements of syllables in patterns repeated throughout the poem. These repeated patterns are called 'feet' within a line. English meter is founded on the pattern of stressed (emphasized or important)and unstressed syllables. For example: My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathèd enemy. -- William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet

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Introduction

Glossary of Poetry Terms

Meter
Iamb
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme scheme
Couplet
Stanza
Alliteration
Pun
Sensory Language
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor

Types of Poetry

Acrostic
Ballad
Blank verse
Cinquain
Diamante
Epic poem
Free Verse
Haiku
Limerick
Ode
Pantoum
Quatrain
Senryu
Shape poetry
Sonnet
Tanka
Villanelle

Conclusion

Practice:

Try Out What
You've Learned
At The Poetry Forum!

Meter

1. Meter – Meter is the rhythm or pattern of syllables in the lines of a poem.

English meter is founded on the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

The smallest units of poetic meter, like rhyme, vary in different poetic traditions.

Different types of poetry are defined by the arrangements of syllables in patterns repeated throughout the poem. These repeated patterns are called 'feet' within a line.

English meter is founded on the pattern of stressed (emphasized or important)and unstressed syllables.

For example:

My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathèd enemy.

-- William Shakespeare,
from Romeo and Juliet