Poetry Vocabulary

A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• stanza

• tone

The repetition of the same consonant or vowel sound at the beginning of closely associated words.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Language used to create images in the mind of the reader.

• rhyme

• imagery

• assonance

• symbolism

Comparing two dissimilar things, DOES NOT USE "Like" or "As"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Comparing two things using "Like" or "As"

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

• personification

Positioning two or more words close together with similar sounds. Commonly found at the end of the sentence.

• tone

• rhyme

• assonance

• symbolism

Person sharing the poem with the reader.

• speaker/narrator

• personifiation

• imagery

• stanza

Feeling and emotion that the poem conveys.

• assonance

• tone

• symbolism

• theme

Human characteristics are given to things that are not human.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Repetition of a vowel sound in a sentence or line of words in a text.

• assonance

• hyperbole

• symbolism

• tone