Poetry Terms

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• symbolism

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The "narrator" of a poem

• Author

• Poet

• Speaker

• Main Character

Patterns of words that sound the same

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Alliteration

• Repetition

A concrete object with an abstract meaning

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Giving an object human-like qualities

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Anthropomorphization

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A repetition of sounds throughout several words in a line

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Repetition

The use of very descriptive, sensory language

• Irony

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Symbol

Giving an animal human-like qualities

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Anthropomorphization

• Hyperbole

A group of lines arranged together

• Form

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Stanza

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Repetition