Poetry Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: _______ is a form of literature that uses rhythm, rhyme, sound or structure to express something in an artistic way.

• poetry

• prose

• novel

• essay

Fill in the blank: _______ is literature that is not poetry; example - most essays, short stories, novels and plays.

• prose

• poetry

• drama

• fiction

Fill in the blank: The _______ is the message a poem conveys or expresses.

• theme

• rhyme

• stanza

• meter

Fill in the blank: Each line in a poem is called a _______.

• verse

• stanza

• paragraph

• sentence

Fill in the blank: A _______ is several verses grouped together that describe an image or idea.

• stanza

• paragraph

• sentence

• line

Fill in the blank: The _______ is the regular pattern of sounds in the whole poem, like the beats in music.

• rhythm

• rhyme

• meter

• stanza

Fill in the blank: _______ is the repetition of the same ending sounds in different words.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

Fill in the blank: The _______ is the overall feeling created by a poem (happy, sad, scary).

• mood

• tone

• theme

• style