Poetry Analysis Terms Study Guide

words whose sounds imitate their meaning

• triplet

• stanza

• onomatopoeia

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

rhyme scheme that repeats with three lines; AAA BBB

• alternate rhyme

• triplet

• couplet

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

words whose final syllables have the exact same sound

• complete rhyme

• monorhyme

• quatrain

• rhymes within lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the author's use of vivid and descriptive details that appeal to the senses

• limerick

• imagery

• end rhyme

• alternate rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

five-line poem or stanzas with rhyme scheme AABBA

• internal rhyme

• quatrain

• alliteration

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space

• poem

• line

• stanza

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

words whose final syllables almost rhyme

• partial rhyme

• complete rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words (2 or more)

• alternate rhyme

• alliteration

• aggravation

• apology

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a pair of two lines in a poem that contains end rhyme

• stanza

• quatrain

• refrain

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

rhymes at the end of lines

• every rhyme

• end rhyme

• jam rhyme

• black out poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5