Poetry Vocab

________ is a type of literature or artisitc writing that expresses ideas or feelings; can tell a story.

The author of a poem.

• Poet

• Author

• Narrator

• Playwright

_________ are words that sound alike bcause they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.

• Rhyme

• line

• Rhythm

• mood

________ a single row of words.

The lesson or message.

• theme

• mood

• repetition

• referrain

_________ a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.

a feeling the poet is trying to express.

• poetry

• rhythm

• theme

• mood

another name for a line

• line

• verse

• stanza

• refrain

The number and style of accented syllables in a line.

• rhyme

• rhythm

• meter

• repetition