Elements of Poetry

What is rhyme in poetry?

• Words that have the same ending sounds.

• punctuation at the end of lines or stanzas

• Repetition of similar meanings at the end of lines or stanzas

How is meter measured in poetry?

• By the pattern of accented and unaccented syllables

• By the author's age at the time of writing

• By the color of the ink used

• By the number of lines in the poem

One line in a poem

• line

• stanza

• meter

Repetition in poetry

• A type of footwear worn by poets for inspiration

• repeating words or phrases, the "refrain"

• a group of lines

• A unit of measurement used in poetry

group of lines

• stanza

• rhyme

• repetition

The message the author is trying to convey

• Meter

• Theme

• Line