Poetry Terms

The speaker of a poem is...

• the writer or poet

• the person who recites the poem

• identified by tone and context clues.

• depends on the time period or era

A grouping of lines in poetry is called...

• verse

• stanza

• verse OR stanza

Imagery is...

• details that activate taste, sight, touch, smell and sound

• an image of something

• poetic language

• descriptive verbs

Mood is...

• the same as tone

• the feeling that you get from a text; the atmosphere

• how the author feels

• always changing

What is NOT an example of a symbol:

• chains

• white dove

• full moon

• soup

Metaphors and similes are used to...

• make poems unrealistic

• make comparisons

• confuse readers

• distract from the overall message

Themes in poetry are...

• meanings and messages about life or human nature

• not to be taken literally

• always relatable

• usually negative

Connotation is...

• the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression

• an educated guess about the meaning

• the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression

• the way a word sounds

Rhyme scheme is...

• the pattern of rhyming

• most words in the poem rhyme

• only used in sonnets

• the first word of each line rhymes

Allusion is...

• similar sounding words

• repetition of words

• always a reference to the bible

• a reference to something