Elements of Poetry

A group of lines in a poem is a:

• rhyme

• stanza

• meter

• beat

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

This is the flow of the beat in a poem.

• meter

• imagery

• rhythm

• alliteration

Words that end with the same sound.

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• metaphor

• quatrain

A rhyme within the same line of verse.

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• onomatopoeia

A rhyme that ends in two or more rhyming syllables or words.

• consonance

• quatrain

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

A type of rhyming pattern.

• rhyme scheme

• internal rhyme

• rhythm

• consonance

Internal or ending consonant sounds are repeated close together

• rhyme

• consonance

• assonance

• adage

Vowel sounds are repeated close together.

• assonance

• consonance

• adage

• rhythm

Occurs when poets repeat words, phrases, or lines in a poem

• rhyme

• rhythm

• meter

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

The repetition of the first consonant sound in words.

• adage

• alliteration

• pun

• hyperbole