A single line of poetry.

This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”

A word that sounds like what it means.

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.

The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.

The author’s specific word choice.

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth

A story/narrative in poetic form.

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.

The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.