Elements of Poetry

The central or main idea of the poem is...

• Form
• Imagery
• Theme

The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...

• Rhythm
• Rhyme
• Imagery

A group of lines in a poem are...

• Form
• Stanza
• Verse

A repetition of the same/similar sounds at the ends of lines are...

• Stanza
• Rhythm
• Rhyme

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is the

• stanza

• meter

• rhyme scheme

• foot

True or False: All poems must rhyme.

• True
• False

What are words or phrases repeated throughout the poem?

• rhyme scheme
• rhythm
• repetition
• rhyme

Another word for a verse is a

• stanza

• line

• meter

• mood

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How many lines/verses are in each stanza?2

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4