Glossary of Poetic Terms

A poetic form invented by poet Jericho Brown that subverts or is a “mash-up” of older poetic forms, such as the pantoum, the sonnet, and the ghazal.

(Pronounciation: “guzzle”) Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love, medieval Persian poets embraced the ghazal, eventually making it their own. Consisting of syntactically and grammatically complete couplets, the form also has an intricate rhyme scheme.