poetry vocabulary

One line of a poem

• verse

• stanza

• prose

• excerpt

A section or division of a poem

• stanza

• verse

• prose

• excerpt

When two words sound the same at the end

• rhythm

• rhyme

• repitition

• symbolism

The pattern of beats or a series of stressed and unstressed syllables

• repetition

• excerpt

• rhythm

• tone

the author repeats a word, line, or phrase for emphasis

• figurative language

• mood

• tone

• repetition

The reader's feelings

• symbolism

• tone

• mood

• verse

The author's feelings toward the poem's subject

• mood

• excerpt

• repetition

• tone

When something represents or stands for something else

• figurative language

• symbolism

• assonance

• consonance

The special language that authors use to create pictures in the readers' minds

• excerpt

• prose

• symbolism

• figurative language

Sentences are grouped into paragraphs

• excerpt

• poetry

• prose

• assonance