1. POETRY NOTES PROSE – ORDINARY SPEECH OR WRITING
VERSE – WRITING THAT HAS RHYTHM & METER
RHYTHM – PATTERN OF STRESSED AND
UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
METER – REPETITION OF THE RHYTHM

2. POETRY NOTES RHYME – REPETITION OF SOUNDS
END RHYME – WORDS AT THE ENDS OF SUCCESSIVE LINES RHYME
INTERNAL RHYME – WORDS WITHIN A LINE OF POETRY RHYME WITH
WORDS AT THE ENDS OF LINES
PERFECT RHYME – DIFFERENT CONSONANTS ARE FOLLOWED BY IDENTICAL VOWEL AND CONSONANT SOUNDS (E.G. MOON & JUNE)
IMPERFECT OR SLANT RHYME – WORDS WITH SIMILAR BUT NOT IDENTICAL SOUNDS; EITHER THE VOWEL SOUNDS DIFFER WHILE THE CONSONANTS ARE THE SAME OR VICE VERSA (E.G. HOLD/BALD)
RHYME SCHEME – THE PATTERN OF RHYMES AT THE END OF LINES; INDICATED BY SUCCESSIVE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET

3. POETRY NOTES
STANZA – SIMILAR TO PARAGRAPHS IN PROSE; DIVISION OF LINES THAT FORM THE RECURRENT METER OF A POEM; A VERSE
COUPLET – 2 LINE STANZA
TERCET – 3 LINE STANZA
QUATRAIN – 4 LINE STANZA
CINQUAIN – 5 LINE STANZA
SESTET – 6 LINE STANZA
HEPTASTICH – 7 LINE STANZA
OCTAVE – 8 LINE STANZA

4. POETRY NOTES
HYPERBOLE – FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES EXAGGERATION FOR EMPHASIS
ONOMATOPOEIA – WORDS WHICH RESEMBLE THEIR SOUNDS
POETIC LICENSE – FREEDOM TO DEPART FROM CONVENTIONAL OR ESTABLISHED RULES OF LANGUAGE

5. POETRY NOTES ALLTERATION – repetition of initial consonant sounds
ASSONANCE – repetition of vowels anywhere in the word
CONSONANCE – repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word
SCANSION -the dividing of verse (lines of poetry) into feet by indicating accents and counting syllables to determine the meter of a poem.
METRICAL FOOT – a group of two or three syllables forming the basic rhythm