Poetry Vocab

Front

Sentences or a row of a poem

Back

Line

Front

A composition in verse.

Back

Poem

Front

A person who writes a poem.

Back

Poet

Front

Voice in a poem that addresses the reader.

Back

Speaker

Front

Looks like a paragraph in a poem.

Back

Stanza

Front

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Giving human traits to animals, objects, or ideas

Back

Personification

Front

Repeated line/group in a poem/song

Back

Refrain

Front

Comparison without 'like' or 'as'

Back

Metaphor

Front

Time and place of a story/poem

Back

Setting