Poetry Terms

Rhyme Scheme

• Mapped out by applying lower cases letters of the alphabet to each sound ending the lines.

• A group of lines within a poem.

• The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured.

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

Three line stanza

Four line stanza

Six line stanza

Eight line stanza

Imagery

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

• A figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as.”

• The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured.

• Two line stanza

Onomatopoeia

• The pattern of end rhymes.

• A poem with no set rhyme or meter

• A figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

• A word that sounds like what it refers to or describes.

Stanza

• The pattern of end rhymes.

• A group of lines within a poem.

• The metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured.

• A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.

Personification

• A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.

• A literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.

• A figure of speech and literary device that creates heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

• A group of lines within a poem.

Two line stanza