Structural Elements of Poetry

line break

• where the line of the text ends
• a pattern created within a poem using a variety of sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.4

meter

• when the last words in the lines of a poem have the same sound
• a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

rhyme

• when the last words in the lines of a poem have the same sound
• 1 line of a poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

rhythm

• lines grouped together like a paragraph
• a pattern created within a poem using a variety of sounds

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

stanza

• lines grouped together like a paragraph
• where the line of the text ends

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

verse

• 1 line of a poem
• when the last words in the lines of a poem have the same sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.4.4