Poetry Elements Review Lesson

a collection of words that express emotions or ideas

• rhyme

• repetition

• poem

• stanza

a group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• meter

• line

• row

creates a beat or rhythm to the poem

• rhyme

• meter

• line

• stanza

creates pictures in the reader's mind

• mood

• theme

• imagery

• alliteration

Literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas through the use of a distinctive style that is often rhythmic and may have elements such as meter, rhyme, and stanzas​ (a)  

• poetry

• speaker

• tone

• mood

Match the following descriptions of poetic elements with the correct term.

• Zoe's argument about a specific rhyme scheme.

• It emphasizes rhyming couplets.

• Michael's argument about emphasizing rhyming couplets.

• It uses a specific rhyme scheme.

• A common misconception about relying on visual imagery.

• It relies on visual imagery.

• Mason's belief about the rhythm of lines with ten syllables each.

• It consists of lines with ten syllables each.

Several lines grouped together in a poem

(Literary Element)

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition

Groupings of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

• lines

• stanzas

• free verse

• traditional form

The ​ (a)   of a poem is the unit of rhythm, or the pattern of the beats (syllables)

• meter

• rhythm

• verse

Several lines grouped together in a poem

• line

• stanza

• poetry

• repetition