Poem Terms

The feeling a writer creates through their word choice

• rhyme scheme

• connotation

• stanza

• free verse

Special tools the poet can use to create certain effects in the poem to convey and reinforce meaning. The three most common are repetition, rhyme, and alliteration

• speaker

• free verse

• stanza

• sound devices

The poet’s attitude towards the topic (Examples: cheerful, regretful, uneasy)

• tone

• repetition

• free verse

• sound device

The voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction

• tone

• speaker

• stanza

• sound device

Repeating words or phrases

• connotation

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• tone

Words arranged in a row; at least two are needed to create a stanza

• line

• free verse

• speaker

• repetition

A group of lines in a poem (a poem paragraph)

• connotation

• stanza

• rhyme schemes

• lines

A regular pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem; identified using lowercase letters

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• tone

• lines

A poem with no rhyme scheme that does not follow any specific structure

• rhyme scheme

• lines

• free verse

• stanza

Do all poems rhyme?

• yes

• no