Poem Structure Sheet
Poem Rhyme Scheme Meter Form Verses
Shut Out ABAB ABBA Iambic Pentameter 7
Twice ABAC Two Iambic feet, Dramatic 6
followed by an monologue
anapaest
Good Friday ABBA 4
Soeur Louise ABBAB Iambic Pentameter 4
Winter: My Secret ABBACC Iambic rhythm Dialogue, Dramatic 4
Monologue
Maude Clare ABCB Alternate iambic Ballad form 12
tetrameter and
trimeter lines
Echo ABABCC Trochees 2
A Birthday ABCDECCC Iambic Tetrameter Song-like repetition 2
Remember ABBA Petrarchan sonnet Petrarchan sonnet, 2
(octave, sestet) Dramatic
monologue
Uphill ABAB Trochee, then Common style, 4
alternating iambic Dramatic
pentameter and monologue
trimeter
Goblin Market Iambic tetrameter Similar to Ballad
Song ABCB Iambic Two octaves, loose 2
tetrameter/loose ballad stanzas (as
ballad meter ballad is a song),
Dramatic
monologue
Jhansi ABAB Alternating Ballad form 5
tetrameter and
trimeter
From the Antique ABCB Metrically unstable Simple form 4
- alternates
between 8-10
syllables and
between iambs and
anapests
(rationalistic
rhythm)
No Thank You, ABAB Repeated rhythmic Romantic form, 8
John structure in each Dramatic
stanza monologue
Poem Rhyme Scheme Meter Form Verses
Shut Out ABAB ABBA Iambic Pentameter 7
Twice ABAC Two Iambic feet, Dramatic 6
followed by an monologue
anapaest
Good Friday ABBA 4
Soeur Louise ABBAB Iambic Pentameter 4
Winter: My Secret ABBACC Iambic rhythm Dialogue, Dramatic 4
Monologue
Maude Clare ABCB Alternate iambic Ballad form 12
tetrameter and
trimeter lines
Echo ABABCC Trochees 2
A Birthday ABCDECCC Iambic Tetrameter Song-like repetition 2
Remember ABBA Petrarchan sonnet Petrarchan sonnet, 2
(octave, sestet) Dramatic
monologue
Uphill ABAB Trochee, then Common style, 4
alternating iambic Dramatic
pentameter and monologue
trimeter
Goblin Market Iambic tetrameter Similar to Ballad
Song ABCB Iambic Two octaves, loose 2
tetrameter/loose ballad stanzas (as
ballad meter ballad is a song),
Dramatic
monologue
Jhansi ABAB Alternating Ballad form 5
tetrameter and
trimeter
From the Antique ABCB Metrically unstable Simple form 4
- alternates
between 8-10
syllables and
between iambs and
anapests
(rationalistic
rhythm)
No Thank You, ABAB Repeated rhythmic Romantic form, 8
John structure in each Dramatic
stanza monologue
