Elements of Poetry

A type of artistic writing that attempts to stir a readers thoughts and emotions

• Prose

• Drama

• Poetry

• Non Fiction

Poetry is divided into sections called

• stanzas

• paragraphs

• verses

• refrains

A line or phrase that is repeated in a poem is called the

• couplet

• stanza

• refrain

• poetry

A pair of two lines in a poem where the ending words in each line rhyme

• refrain

• couplet

• quatrain

• octave

a poem or stanza that contains four lines that rhyme in some manner

• stanza

• couplet

• quatrain

• octave

A poem or stanza that contains eight lines that often rhyme in some manner

• refrain

• octave

• couplet

• rhyme

Compares two things using like or as

• simile

• metaphore

• alliteration

• personification

A comparison of two unlike thinks without using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza

• Poetry structure

• onomatopeia

• Rhyme Pattern

• Sound Device

When determining the rhyme pattern you always start with this letter

• B

• C

• A

• Z