Poetry Terms

a group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• theme

• rhyme

• poet

describes words that have the same ending sound

• stanza

• meter

• rhyme

• rhythm

a truth, lesson, or message about life

• mood

• line

• meter

• theme

a single row of words in a poem

• mood

• theme

• meter

• line

the number and style of accented syllables in a line

• meter

• rhyme

• poet

• stanza

the author of the poem

• rhyme

• theme

• poet

• line

the feeling the poet is trying to convey

• rhythm

• mood

• theme

• line

the beat, sound, and feel of a poem

• rhythm

• meter

• line

• rhyme