Glossary of poetry terms

This is a glossary of poetry terms.

Measures of verse

Types of metre

Below, "short/long" definitions of a syllable of classical languages correspond to "unstressed/stressed" of English language.

Tetrasyllables






Verse forms

See also

Main list: List of basic poetry topics

References and further reading

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