A short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. (Historically intended to be sung.)

Verse Form consists of various poetic patterns. For example, four lines of poetry are called a ________.

________ poetry is narrative -- it tells a story -- spoken from the point of view of a persona, a speaker who is a character rather than the author. Often, this form of poetry has multiple characters.

_________ poetry tells stories through verse. Like a novel or a short story, this type of poem has plot, characters, and setting.

This poet frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

What is the correct rhyme scheme for the following stanza?

Does the road wind up-hill all the way?

Yes, to the very end.

Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?

From morn to night, my friend.

A type of metaphor where a relation of unlike things through association ("step on the gas" means more than just the literal; it has a second, figurative/associate meaning).

Repetition of an initial consonant sound throughout a line of poetry. For example: "Maggie and Molly and Milly and me."

This "Still I Rise" author was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).