Poetry Elements

Front

group of lines of a poem arranged together (like a paragraph)

Back

stanza

Front

The beat created by the sound of the words in the poem.

Back

rhythm or meter

Front

pattern of rhyming words or sounds (uses letters to label lines that rhyme: ABAB, AABB)

Back

rhyme scheme

Front

word at the end of one line rhymes with word at the end of another line

Back

end rhyme or when words rhyme at the end of a line.

Front

the narrator of the poem (not the same as the poet)

Back

speaker

Front

a person who writes poems

Back

poet

Front

The feeling the author is trying to convey or tell in the poem.

Back

mood

Front

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Back

simile

Front

A comparison WITHOUT using like or as

Back

metaphor

Front

What is internal rhyme?

Back

two or more rhyming words found in the same line