Mechanics of Poetry
broken rhyme--(split rhyme) result of dividing a word at the end of a line to force a rhyme.
Example: in order to rhyme stain with raincoat one must end a line with "rain-" and carry "coat"
to the next line of verse.
chain rhyme--rhyming scheme where the line of the first stanza is linked to a rhyme in the next
stanza, (aba bcb cdc..., aaba bbcb ccdc..., etc.), ending stanza loops back to the first stanza or
ends with the last rhyme repeated (aba bcb cdc dad, aaba bbcb ccdc dddd, etc.)
Iamb--a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, a short or unaccented syllable followed by a
long accented syllable.
Iambic Pentameter--made up of two syllables repeated five times in succession where an
unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable within a line of verse.
Meter--a measure of rhyme; (the unit of meter is the foot) Metrical lines are named for the number
of feet in a line. (1) monometer, (2) dimeter, (3) trimeter, (4) tetrameter, (5) pentameter,
(6) hexameter, (7) heptameter (8) octameter
Pause--intervals between syllables of verse.
Stress--special emphasis on a word, syllable, or phrase with a line of verse
Versification--in regard to meter and rhyme, versification is the art of writing verses
