Poetry Structural Elements

A form of poetry where a single speaker expresses his/her thoughts or feelings.

• Lyric Poetry

• Couplet

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

The message the poet wants the poem to have for the reader.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Repetition

• Tone

The voice that "talks" to the reader.

• Stanza

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Speaker

Shows the speaker's attitude toward his/her subject.

• Tone

• Symbol

• Theme

• Couplet

A rhymed pair of lines.

• Lyric Poetry

• Couplet

• End Rhyme

• Stanza

A group of 2 or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

• Speaker

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Stanza

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhyme

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated.

• Rhyme Scheme

• Repetition

• Stanza

• Speaker

The repetition of sounds at the end of words.

• Couplet

• Rhyme Scheme

• Symbol

• Rhyme

When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme.

• End Rhyme

• Lyric Poetry

• Repetition

• Theme