Poetry Terms

A type of literature that expresses ideas and feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.

The appearance of the words on the page.

A group of words together on one line of the poem.

A group of lines arranged together (like a paragraph in a poem).

The beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem.

 Words sound alike because they share the same ending vowel and consonant sounds.

A pattern of stressed (strong) and unstressed (weak) syllables.

Consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words.

Example: If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Using “like” or “as” to make a comparison between two unlike things.

Example: She is as innocent as an angel.

A figure of speech that is used to create links or draw comparisons to imply one thing is similar to another.

Example: The snow is a white blanket.

Giving an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.

Example: The leaves waved in the wind.

Exaggerated statements or claims.

Example: He's running faster than the wind.