Poetry Terms

A group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• paragraph

• refrain

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

voice in the poem; the person or thing that is speaking

• speaker

• refrain

• lyric poem

• narrative poem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• rhythm

• rhyme

• juxtaposition

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem/song

• refrain

• apostrophe

• couplet

• lyric

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

a poem that tells a story

• narrative poem

• lyric poem

• anaphora

• sonnet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker

• lyric poem

• narrative poem

• juxtaposition

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a set of two consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme

• couplet

• sonnet

• apostrophe

• lyric poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a figure that directly addresses an absent imaginary person or personified abstraction, such as liberty or love

• apostrophe

• anaphora

• eulogy

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

• juxtaposition

• foreshadowing

• couplet

• refrain

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

• anaphora

• couplet

• refrain

• apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5