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 ... .

(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.

(a)  

Who is the speaker in this poem?

(a)  

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.

(a)  

What elements of a poem are a and b?

(a)  

What element of a poem is c?

(a)