Poetry

Front

What is Poetry?

Back

Poetry is a form of literary art that uses rhythmic and aesthetic qualities of language to evoke meanings, emotions, and ideas.

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A metaphor compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is free verse poetry?

Back

Free verse poetry does not have a specific pattern or rhyme scheme.

Front

What is narrative poetry?

Back

Narrative poetry tells a story and often includes characters and a plot.

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A simile compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Front

What is a stanza?

Back

A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

Front

What is rhyme?

Back

Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in the final syllables of lines in poems.

Front

What is a poem's theme?

Back

The theme of a poem is the underlying message or main idea that the poet wants to convey.

Front

What is personification?

Back

Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

Front

What is an ode?

Back

An ode is a type of poem that expresses praise or admiration for a person, place, or thing.