The Art of Poetry Vocabulary

necessary

• There is nothing that is better

• Needed and you can't do without it

• a strong feeling

• excitement or shock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

unsurpassed

• there is nothing that is better

• a strong feeling such as excitement or shock

• very unusual or remarkable in some way

• traveling in a boat for fun

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

stir

• it is very unusual or remarkable in some way

• you are traveling in a boat for fun

• it falls or it is thrown in that direction

• you create a strong feeling, such as excitement or shock

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

extraordinary

• it is needed and you can't go without it

• it is very unusual or remarkable in some way

• You are riding in a boat

• a strong feeling such as excitement or shock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

cruising

• it is very remarkable in some way

• there is nothing better

• it is needed and you can't go without it

• you are traveling in a boat for fun

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

plunges

• it falls or it is thrown in that direction

• it is needed and you can't go without it

• you are traveling in a boat for fun

• nothing is better than this

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Poem

• A downwards motion

• A line in a story

• Two or more words having the same sound

• A piece of literature that has rhythm, expresses feelings, and often rhymes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Stanza

• Several verses grouped together in a poem. Similar to a paragraph in a story

• A swooping downwards motion

• The ability to choose right from wrong

• A beat or pattern in a song

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Verse

• Two or more words having the same sound

• The ability to tell right from wrong

• A line in a poem, similar to a sentence in a paragraph

• A piece of literature with feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Rhythm

• A beat, pattern, or tempo- as in music and poems

• Words that imitate sounds

• The person who is living next to you

• A line in a poem, similar to a sentence in a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D