Poetry Elements

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

• Meter

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

A group of lines in a poem

• Meter

• Stanza

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

Writing organized in a rhythmic pattern

• Mood

• Line

• Verse

• Stanza

The feeling the author is trying to convey

• Mood

• Line

• Verse

• Stanza

A single row of lines in a poem

• Mood

• Line

• Verse

• Stanza

Describes words that have the same ending sounds

• Mood

• Line

• Verse

• Rhyme

The regular, repeated sounds of words in a poem

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Verse

• Mood

A truth, lesson, or message about life

• Simile

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Mood

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Mood

A comparison without using like or as

• Simile

• Theme

• Metaphor

• Mood