Poetry Terms

Poems are made up of ... and ... .

• lines ans stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

• lines and paragraphs

• sentences and stanzas

Answer explanation

A group of lines is called a ... .

Answer explanation

A ... refers to the end of one line and the start of the next.

• rhyme

• stanza break

• line break

• enjambment

Answer explanation

A ... refers to the end of one stanza and the start of the next.

• rhyme

• stanza break

• line break

• enjambment

Answer explanation

The ... of a poem is like the narrator of a story. They are the voice of the poem.

Who is the speaker in this poem?

List the other characters in this poem.

• he, whose house is in the village

• the owner of the house in the village and the horse

• the little horse, who gives his harness bellsna shake

Poems pack a lot of meaning into a few words, so the ... is often important to understanding the poem.

It hints the subject or message of the poem at the start of the reading.

What elements of a poem are a and b?

What element of a poem is c?