Elements of a Poem

This is the pattern of the rhyme in a poem. Examples are: abcb and aabb

• Sponge Bob is a really not a sponge.

• Rhyme scheme

• Repetition

• Onomatopoeia

These are groups of lines.

• stanzas

• sound devices

• lines

• shhh be very very quiet...

These are rhyme and rhythm.

• free verse

• concrete

• Sound devices

• narrative poem

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

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Meter

A group of lines in a poem are...

• Form

• Verse

• Stanza

• Sentences

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

part of a poem that is like a sentence

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

• sentence

part of a poem that is like a paragraph

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

• paragraph

words that sound the same that are typically at the end of each line in a poem

• stanza

• figurative language

• alliteration

• rhyme

words or phrases that are repeated throughout the poem

• rhyme

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• figurative language