Poetry Terms

Stanza

• The group of lines in poetry, almost like paragraphs

• The author's specific word choice to create an effect

• Two lines of poetry with end rhyme

• The atmosphere of a piece of text

Free Verse

• A unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of beats

• Poetry with regular meter but with lines that don't rhyme

• Poetry that doesn't have a regular rhyme of meter

• The author's or speaker's attitude toward a subject

Blank Verse

• Poetry with regular meter but with lines that don't rhyme

• The atmosphere of a piece of text

• Also known as sensory language; appeals to the 5 senses

• Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme or meter

Simile

• Also known as sensory language; appeals to the 5 senses

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems

• The author's specific word choice to create an effect

Diction

• The author's specific word choice to create an effect

• A group of lines in poetry, almost like paragraphs

• Comparison of two things, calling one thing another

• Poetry with regular meter but with lines that don't rhyme

Metaphor

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems

• A comparison of two things, calling one thing another

• The author's or speaker's attitude toward a subject

• Two lines of poetry with end rhyme

Imagery

• The atmosphere of a piece of text

• A unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats

• Also known as sensory language; appeals to the 5 senses

• Comparison of two things using like or as

Mood

• The atmosphere of a piece of text

• The author's specific word choice to create an effect

• Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme of meter

• A group of lines in poetry, almost like paragraphs

Tone

• Poetry with a regular meter but with lines that don't rhyme

• A comparison of two things, calling one thing another

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems

• The author's or speaker's attitude toward a subject

Couplets

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme or meter

• The repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems

• Also known as sensory language; appeals to the 5 senses