Poetry Terms to Learn

What is a group of lines in a poem called?

• Line

• Stanza

• Couplet

• Quatrain

What term describes words that go across in a poem?

• Line

• Stanza

• Couplet

• Quatrain

What is a two-line stanza that usually rhymes called?

• Quatrain

• Stanza

• Couplet

• Line

What is a four-line stanza called?

• Stanza

• Line

• Couplet

• Quatrain

What term describes using a word or line more than once in a poem?

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

What term describes how the author feels about a particular subject?

• Mood

• Tone

• Imagery

• Sensory Language

What term describes how the poem makes you feel when you read it?

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

• Sensory Language

What term describes stressed and unstressed syllables that create a beat in a poem?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

What term describes words that have the same sound, usually at the end of lines in a poem?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

What term describes a pattern of words that sound alike in a poem?

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration