versifier
One who rhymes
A versifier is a person who writes verse, often with the implication of mechanical skill rather than genuine poetic talent.
The word can be neutral—simply meaning one who composes in metrical form—but frequently carries a dismissive note, suggesting competent rhyming without depth or inspiration: He was a capable versifier but no poet.
Poet of epics
- rhymesterAmateur verse writer
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
balladeer · lyrist · elegist · poetaster · laureate · satirist · epigrammatist · pamphleteer
Device that measures usage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- quatrainFour-line poetic unit
tercet · sestina · villanelle · limerick · sonnet · ode · ballad · acrostic
Trivial, clumsy verse
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- dittyShort, simple song
- limerickComedic five-line poem
- greeting cardPrinted sentiment for occasions
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
lilt · flow · measure · accent · stress · syncopation · pace · swing
Matching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
- neologismNewly created expression
pun · wit · cleverness · invention · turn of phrase · double meaning · paronomasia · malapropism
bard
Poet of epics
- rhymesterAmateur verse writer
- sonneteerWriter of fourteen-line poems
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
minstrel · balladeer · lyrist · elegist · poetaster · laureate · satirist · epigrammatist · pamphleteer · librettist
meter
Device that measures usage
quatrain · tercet · sestina · villanelle · limerick · sonnet · ode · ballad · acrostic · scansion
doggerel
Trivial, clumsy verse
greeting card · parody · humorous · whimsical · amateur · facile · glib
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
pulse · lilt · flow · measure · accent · stress · syncopation · pace · swing · pattern
alliteration
Matching initial consonants
- assonanceVowel sound repetition
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
neologism · pun · wit · cleverness · invention · turn of phrase · double meaning · paronomasia · malapropism · spoonerism
versifierprose writer
One composing unmetered text
novelist · essayist · fiction writer · journalist · short story writer