Poetry Study Guide

The repeated use of a word, phrase, line or stanza in a poem.

• mood

• repetition

• rhyme

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The emotions and feelings the poem arouses in the reader.

• structure

• octave

• refrain

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The pattern of correspondence of the sounds of each line of a stanza or poem.

• tone

• theme

• rhyme

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The sound pattern of the poem.

• mood

• rhythm

• rhyme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

The overall organization of the lines.

• structure

• tone

• stanza

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The main message or central idea of a poem.

• quatrain

• couplet

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

The poet's feeling (attitude) toward the subject of the poem.

• mood

• theme

• tone

• structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

A poem or a stanza with 8 lines that rhyme in some way.

• stanza

• couplet

• octave

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

a grouped set of writing in a poem

• stanza

• mood

• tone

• quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A pair of 2 lines in a poem where the ending word in each line rhymes.

• octave

• rhyme

• rhythm

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4