Poetry Terms

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Imagery

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Words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

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Stanza

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Lines of poetry arranged in groups.

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Sound

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A poem depends on this to express meaning, coming from rhyme, rhythm, and repetition.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words.

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Form

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The way a poem looks on a page.

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Theme

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The central idea or message in a poem.