Elements of Poetry

A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals is a...

The lines of a poem are arranged to create a picture on the page, shaped to the poem's subject.

Songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure or romance.

The literal, dictionary definition of a word.

The use of any element of language - sound, word or phrase - more than once

The ideas and feelings that a word brings to mind.

A poem that tells a story and includes elements such as character and plot.

This type of poem lacks a specific structure or pattern.

A group of words in a poem is organized into a...

A humorous, rhyming five-line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme (A A B B A).

A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in musical verse.

The use of words that imitate sounds is...

When a poet repeats lines but changes one or more words with each repetition.

The 'beat' of a poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables is...

A specific pattern of rhyming that a poem follows is...

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words is...

A 3-line Japanese poem, usually about nature, that has a specific syllable pattern. (5-7-5)

Comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as

Lines of poetry organized similar to paragraph is a...

Measured in feet, the unit of stressed and unstressed syllables. Forms a pattern of rhythm.

Using sensory language to create vivid word pictures is...