Poetry Terms

Front

Poems are made up of ... and ... .

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lines and stanzas

Answer explanation

Front

A group of lines is called a ... .

Back

stanza

Answer explanation

Front

A ... refers to the end of one line and the start of the next.

Back

line break

Answer explanation

Front

A ... refers to the end of one stanza and the start of the next.

Back

stanza break

Answer explanation

Front

The ... of a poem is like the narrator of a story. They are the voice of the poem.

Back

speaker

Front

Who is the speaker in this poem?

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I

Front

List the other characters in this poem.

Back

the owner of the house in the village and the horse

Front

Poems pack a lot of meaning into a few words, so the ... is often important to understanding the poem. It hints the subject or message of the poem at the start of the reading.

Back

title

Front

What elements of a poem are a and b?

Back

lines

Front

What element of a poem is c? Options: line break

Back

line break