Understanding Poetry Terms

What is a piece of writing that conveys a message through language and often relates to culture, art, nature, or life?

• Poem

• Speaker

• Line

• Stanza

What do we call the voice behind the poem; the character or narrator saying the poem?

• Poem

• Speaker

• Line

• Stanza

What is a grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem?

• Poem

• Speaker

• Line

• Stanza

What is a four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Tercet

What do we call two successive lines of poetry, often rhymed?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Tercet

What is a poem or stanza composed of five lines?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Tercet

What is a set or group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme?

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Tercet

What is a specific line or lines that are repeated in a poem?

• Refrain

• Symbol

• Theme

• Mood

What is an object or action that stands for something beyond itself?

• Refrain

• Symbol

• Theme

• Mood

What is the message or idea that an author expresses in a poem about the subject?

• Refrain

• Symbol

• Theme

• Mood