Elements of Poetry Grade 7

What is poetry?

• A type of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language
• A type of painting that uses colors and shapes
• A type of music that uses melody and rhythm
• A type of dance that uses movement and expression

What is a stanza?

• A type of musical instrument
• A type of dance
• A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
• A type of painting technique

What is rhyme?

• A type of poem
• Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
• A type of novel
• A type of song

What is rhyme scheme

• A pattern of rhymes in a poem
• A type of poem
• A style of writing
• A method of painting

What is a theme?

What is imagery?

What is symbolism in poetry?

• A type of metaphor where an object represents something else
• A type of language that uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities
• A type of writing style that uses symbols to convey complex meanings
• A type of literature that uses symbols to express abstract ideas

What is rhythm?