Poetry Terms

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What is imagery in poetry?

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

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, arranged together.

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What does the term 'form' refer to in poetry?

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Form refers to the way a poem looks on the page, including its layout and structure.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a comparison of two things that have something in common, directly stating that one thing is something else.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a type of figurative language in which an animal, object, or idea is given human qualities.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poet conveys through the poem.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.