A Review of Poetic Elements

The TONE of the poem is:

• the author/writer

• the voice/narrator

• how the speaker sees the world/perspective

• the speaker's attitude towards the subject/topic

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The THEME of a poem is:

• the type of poem

• the message about life

• The length of the poem

• The rhyme scheme of the poem

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A stanza with TWO lines

• couplet

• tercet

• Haiku

• Limerick

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A stanza with THREE lines

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

• cinquain

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

A stanza with FOUR lines

• couplet

• tercet

• quatraine

• cinquain

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Where a poet chooses to STOP a line and START a new one:

• Lineation

• End-Stop

• Enjambment

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a poet ENDS a line WITH PUNCTUATION.

• Lineation

• End-Stop

• Enjambment

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a line DOES NOT END with PUNCTUATION:

• Lineation

• End-Stop

• Enjambment

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which line uses END STOP:

• Line 1

• Line 2

• Line 3

• None

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line(s) use ENJAMBMENT:

I am out

with lanterns

looking for myself.

• Lines 1 and 2

• Lines 1 and 3

• Line 3

• None

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5