7th Poetry Review

groups of lines in a paragraph form in a poem

• line
• imagery
• free verse
• stanza

part of a stanza that may or may not be a complete sentence

• speaker
• stanza
• line
• form

repetition of sounds at the end of words. Example: sun and one

• free verse
• rhyme
• alliteration
• simile

the structure of shape of the poem

• repetition
• form
• speaker
• line

the voice of the poem

• writer
• form
• speaker
• line

language used that appeals to one of more of the five senses; it creates a picture

• imagery
• personification
• alliteration
• similie

the pattern that the end rhyming words follow. Example: AABB

• rhythm
• repetition
• personification
• rhyme scheme

a short and highly musical verse form poem that conveys powerful feelings from the speaker. (song-like quality)

• haiku
• limerick
• lyric poem
• elegy

Japanese poem that consists of 3 lines and 17 total syllables

• Limerick
• Haiku
• Ode
• Sonnet

a humorous poem of five lines with a specific rhyme scheme.

• narrative
• elegy
• ode
• limerick