Poetry vs. Prose

Poetry vs. Prose

Understanding a poem's structure

Open Ended

In your own words, explain the difference between poetry and prose.

Read both columns.

Use what you have

read to answer the

questions that

follow.

Multiple Choice

Structure is...

• Ideas or qualities that can't be touched

• The words or phrases that surround a text

• The way a writer organizes information in a text

• The underlying meaning

Multiple Select

What structure does prose use?

• lines

• sentences

• stanzas

• paragraphs

Multiple Select

What structure does poetry use?

• stanzas

• sentences

• paragraphs

• lines

Multiple Choice

A stanza is...

• the title of the poem

• the subject of the poem

• the grouping of lines in a poem

• the number of lines in the poem

Multiple Choice

The term for where one line ends and a new line begins is

• meter end

• end scene

• line break

• the end of time

Multiple Choice

Leaving white space between words, lines or stanzas

• spacing

• rhythm

• emphasis

Multiple Select

What did you notice about the poem's structure?

• it uses lines

• it is broken into stanzas

• it uses spacing

• it has no capitalization

Multiple Choice

One way to analyze a poem's structure is to look at

• line breaks, stanzas and spacing

• the poet

• the dialogue

• the theme, tone and mood

Open Ended

In your own words, complete the following sentence. Be sure to give three reasons. Poems are different from prose because...