Poem Flashcards
Lines
Rows of words, that do not always follow rules.
Stanzas
Groups of lines set apart by spaces
Poem
Arranges words to create strong feeling through meaning, sound, and rhythm
Rhyme
Same ending sound
Cap tap and nap
Rhyme scheme
Abab like: line A
Line B
Line A
Rhythm
Beat, unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Meter
Recurring pattern
Repetition
Repeating words or lines in poetry
Alliteration
Repetition of a initial consonant sound
EX: Big brown bear
Smile
Comparison using like or as
EX: my dog was as fluffy as a teddy bear
Metaphor
Doesn’t use like or as
EX: the taste of coffee is warming
Personification
Human qualities to a nonliving thing
EX: this dolls hair is really soft
Symbolism
Use of an image or thing to stand for something else
EX: using a heart to represent love
Allusion
Reference to another work
EX: it rained so much i thought wed have to build and ark.
Point of view
Position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story.
EX: I me we us
Speaker
The narrator of a story, may be the voice of the poet
EX: the person telling the story
Theme
Central idea that a poem explores
Tone
Mood the poem creates, playful, angry, melancholy
Lyric poem
Short poem that is like a song
Ode
Two or more stanzas
Haiku
Very short poem, three lines, nature
Sonnet
Fourteen lines, first 8 develop one idea, last 6 lines question that idea
Ballad
Stanzas of two to four lines AND refrain that repeats/ tells a story
Free verse
Does not follow ant rules of rhythm or rhyme
