Poetry Vocabulary

a piece of poetry

• stanza

• verse

• refrain

• epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• stanza

• haiku

• rhythm

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a stanza with two lines of verse

• free verse

• couplet

• epic

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.4

a verse form of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

• meter

• lyric

• sonnet

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

a figure of speech comparing two things using “like” or “as”

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

• elegy

• stanza

• verse

• epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

• lyric

• free verse

• mood

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

part of a song or poem that is repeated at regular intervals

• lyric

• verse

• stanza

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse

• lyric

• meter

• line

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10