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Poetic Terminology

EnjambmentContinuing a sentence beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
AssonanceThe same / similar sound used in syllables of words near each other
BalladAncient poem telling a story
CoupletA pair of lines of verse usually the same length
Octet / OctaveFirst 8 lines in a sonnet
PentameterA line of 10 syllables
QuatrainA stanza / group of 4 lines usually with alternate rhymes
SonnetA 14-line poem
StanzaFour or more rhymed lines repeated as a unit
VerseA group of lines in a poem