Poetry Vocabulary

Intentionally saying the opposite of what you mean for humor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Paradox

How a writer deliberately uses line breaks to emphasize their message

• Form

• Lineation

• Rhyme Scheme

• Shifts

Each paragraph or verse of a poem

• Form

• Lineation

• Shift

• Stanza

The mood of the passage

• Imagery

• Point of View

• Theme

• Tone

The pattern of rhyming at the end of each line (Ex. ABAB, ABAC, AABB, AABBA, etc.)

• Couplet

• Iamb

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Whose perspective the passage is being told from

• Imagery

• Point of View

• Theme

• Tone

The rhythm or pattern of syllables (beats) in a line of poetry

• Iamb

• Lineation

• Meter

• Rhyme Scheme

Making a comparison NOT using “like” or “as”

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Using descriptive language to illustrate a point

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Theme

Giving human-like qualities to animals and objects

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification