Poetry Terms

Question 1

Lines

Answer 1

Rows of words do not always follow rules

Question 2

Stanzas

Answer 2

Groups of lines set apart by spaces overall structure of a poem

Question 3

Rhyme

Answer 3

Same ending sound

Question 4

Rhyme scheme

Answer 4

Abab rhyme scheme stands for a line stanza.

Question 5

Rhythm

Answer 5

Beat stressed unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Question 6

Meter

Answer 6

Recurring pattern

Question 7

Repetition

Answer 7

Repeating of words lines in poetry

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

Repetition initial consonant sound

Question 9

Simile

Answer 9

Comparison that use like or as.

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

Comparison that does not use like or as
Stronger than a simile.

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

Human qualities to a non living thing

Question 12

Symbolism

Answer 12

Thing to stand for something else

Question 13

Allusion

Answer 13

Reference to another work such as the Bible.

Question 14

Point of view

Answer 14

Position or out look from the speaker

Question 15

Speaker

Answer 15

The narrator of a story

Question 16

Theme

Answer 16

Central idea that a poem explores.

Question 17

Tone

Answer 17

Mood of the poem creates
Playful,anger,melancholy

Question 18

Lyric poem

Answer 18

Short like a song

Question 19

Ode

Answer 19

Two or more stanzas

Question 20

Haiku

Answer 20

Very short poem three lines usually about nature

Question 21

Sonnet

Answer 21

14 lines first 8 devolve one idea l

Question 22

Ballad

Answer 22

Stanzas of two to four lines and a refrain repeats tells a story

Question 23

Free verse

Answer 23

Does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme

Question 24

Denotations

Answer 24

Dictionary definitions

Question 25

Sounds of poetry

Answer 25

Meant to be read aloud

Question 26

Poem

Answer 26

Poet chooses arranges words to create strong feeling through meaning,sound and rhythms.