Elements of Poetry

The character, or voice, that tells the poem

The pattern of rhyme in a poem, written using letters. (ABCB)

A type of poetry from Japan that has 5 syllables in the 1st line, 7 in the 2nd, 5 in the 3rd.

This type of poetry flows and has a musical quality.

A figurative language technique that compares two things using like or as.

The most musical of all literary forms is...

Writing that is imaginative and NOT meant to be taken literally. The opposite of literal.

The pattern of strong and weak beats, as well as pauses, in a poem.

The "paragraphs" of a poem are called...

An extended ____ develops the comparison of two things throughout the entire poem.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words.

The use of words that imitate sounds. (Pow! Bang! Zoom! Pop!)

The repeated use of a word, phrase, or sound.

A figurative language technique that describes something as something else.

The repetition of sounds at the ENDS of words.

The icy water felt like stinging bees is a...

The "sentences" of a poem are called...

Her eyes were saucers is a...

She sells seashells at the sea shore is an example of...

A figurative language technique that gives human qualities to something that is nonhuman.

The clarinets sang is a...

Imagery appeals to how many of the senses?

These add a musical quality to poetry.

Longer poems that share similarities with regular fictional stories.