Poetry Analysis

Poetry is...

• writing that is musical and artistic in nature

• writing that expresses feelings

• a style of writing with few rules

• all of the above

What is the writer of a poem called?

• Author

• Poet

• Speaker

• Presenter

What is the name of the figure whose voice we hear in the poem?

• Author

• Poet

• Speaker

• Presenter

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentence and paragraphs

• Sentences and stanzas

• Lines and paragraphs

• Lines and stanzas

A sentence, phrase, or word arranged into a single row.

• line
• stanza
• rhythm
• anonymous

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• Line

• Stanza

• Poetry

• Repetition

When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called

• scheme

• rhyme

• alliteration

• repetition

the use of a word, phrase or line more than once

• Simile

• Mood

• Personification

• Repetition

True or False?

All poems must rhyme.

• True

• False

What is the message of a poem called?

• Imagery

• Tone

• Theme

• Mood