a person who writes poems

the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem

matching ending sounds in words or sometimes lines of poetry

a group of lines in a poem

the words on one line of a poem

pictures that are created with words

a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human characteristics

an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor

words whose sounds make you think of their meaning

“Grown Up”

“Just Before April Came”

“The Cup of Ocean”

Carl Sandburg

Amos Russel Wells

“What does the cup of ocean hold?                 A

Glory of purple and glint of gold;                    A    

Tenderest greens and heavenly blue,              B

Shot with the sunlight through and through;”  B

“Wayward ripples that idly roam, 

Tumbling breakers with gallant foam;”

“I used to be a superhero, 

Soaring high from tree to tree. 

With a cape around my shoulders, 

I was as happy as could be.”

“I used to be a superhero,”

“Glory of purple and glint of gold;

Tenderest greens and heavenly blue,

Shot with the sunlight through and through;”

“Crows go in fives and tens; they march their

black feather past a blue pool; they

celebrate an old festival.”

“By four, I’d made a rocket ship.

It took me all the way to Mars.”

“Frogs plutter and squdge”