Poetry Vocabulary

Front

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

Back

repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words, gives poems a musical quality and creates unity between ideas.

Back

rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

Groups of lines in a poem

Back

stanzas

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no rhyme scheme.

Back

free verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A pattern of rhyme

Back

rhyme scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

A writing that uses words, sound, and structure in special ways to express meaning.

Back

poetry

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

A lyric poem that consists of 14 lines.

Back

sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

A short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker's personal emotions and feelings.

Back

lyric

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

A type of lyric poem that celebrates something.

Back

ode

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D