Poetry Vocab

the words or subject of a piece of writing

• form

• content

• stanza

• stanza break

a section of a poem; consists of a line or group of lines

• stanza

• form

• apostrophe

• alliteration

the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing

• stanza

• content

• excerpt

• form

the place where a line ends

• paragraph

• line break

• stanza break

• poem

the blank space that divides two stanzas from each other

• stanzas

• poet

• stanza break

• poem

writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present

• content

• apostrophe

• form

• line break

the attitude of a piece of writing

• mood

• tone

• feelings

• poem

a small part of a larger work (like a chapter in a book)

• excerpt

• tone

• stanza break

• paragraph

the repitition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem

• form

• content

• poem

• anaphora

a comparison of two things using the words is or was

• simile

• metaphor