Analyzing Poetry

What is poetry?

• A written work that uses figurative language and rhythms to show meaning.

• A story with a beginning, middle, and end.

• An informative written work that uses facts and data.

What is a stanza?

• The end or conclusion of a poem.

• The arrangement of lines into groups, separated by empty lines.

• The theme or lesson learned.

• The title of the poem.

How many lines are in this stanza?

In the winter it's every kid's dream,

As snowflakes begin to appear,

That suddenly there'll be a blizzard,

And they'll cancel school for the year.

• 15

• 3

• 5

• 4

True or False: Poems do not have to rhyme.

• True

• False

The pattern of rhyming in poetry is known as

• a stanza

• rhyming

• rhyme scheme

• verses

The repetition of sounds at the end of words is known as

• a stanza

• rhyming

• rhyme scheme

• verses

Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.

• rhyme
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• simile

The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.

• repetition
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn

• free verse
• cinquain
• theme
• metaphor

To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration