Elements of poetry

the big meaning

• line

• message

• rhyme scheme

• contrast

a group of words in a row

• line

• message

• refrain

• repeition

a division of poetry based on the number of lines it contains

• message

• compare

• poet

• stanza

a pattern for which lines will rhyme

• contrast

• refrain

• line

• rhyme scheme

the author of a poem

• line

• stanza

• poet

• message

repetition of a line or phrase used at regular intervals

• refrain

• contrast

• line

• poet

repeating specific information for a specific purpose

• contrast

• refrain

• repeition

• rhyme scheme

how two things are alike

• rhyme scheme

• compare

• line

• poet

how two things are different

• contrast

• line

• message

• stanza