Poetry Terms

A type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form (usually using lines and stanzas)

• Ballad
• Hyperbole
• Poetry
• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the message about life or human nature that the poem conveys - often the structure, poetic sound devices, and poetic voice contribute to this message

• Enjambment
• Sound devices
• Poetic theme
• Speaker

Tags

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

tells an entire story with a beginning, middle, and end; has character, setting, and plot

• Rhyme scheme
• Narrative
• Epic
• Meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings; highly musical

• Mood
• Lyrical poetry
• Denotation
• First person

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement (NO strict meter or rhyme scheme)

• Free verse
• Haiku
• Structure
• End-stop

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

poetry that uses a strict meter (a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables) and a strict rhyme scheme

• sonnet
• Formal verse
• Ballad
• Third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

poetry with a strict meter but NO strict rhyme scheme

• Blank verse
• Rhythm
• Enjambment
• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

14 line poems (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)

• Form
• Free verse
• Lyrical poetry
• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

details extraordinary feats and adventures

• Stanza
• Epic
• Idiom
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

funny poems; last line is usually the punch line

• Assonance
• Repetition
• Limerick
• End-stop

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4