Poetry Terms Quiz

When the poet describes one object or idea by comparing it to another object or idea. "Life is a highway."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• rhyme

When the poet compares two things using "like" or "as." "My love is as boundless as the sea..." (Romeo and Juliet)

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• repetition

Words that end with similar vowell and consonant sounds. "time" and "sublime."

• rhyme

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

When a word or phrase repeats. "I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch..."

• repetition

• rhyme

• meter

• personification

The poet's attitude towards his/her subject or audience.

• tone

• stanza

• verse

• speaker

A group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• verse

• repetition

• personification

Giving human qualities to a non-human noun. "The old car coughed and sputtered."

• personification

• rhyme

• simile

• stanza

The person in the poem who is speaking

• audience

• poet

• speaker

• personification

A single line of poetry

• verse

• stanza

• repetition

• rhyme

The person who reads the poem.

• reader

• speaker

• poet

• narrator