Elements of Poetry

the truth, lesson, or message of the poem

• theme

• mood

• poet

• stanza

the feeling the poet is trying to convey

• line

• stanza

• mood

• theme

beat or pattern of rhyme and syllables in a poem

• rhyme

• rhytm

• stanza

• mood

words that have the same ending sounds

• rhyme

• rhythm

• line

• stanza

select the words that rhyme

• hen

• din

• don

• hun

• pen

select words that rhyme

• due

• through

• new

• though

• gnaw

a group of lines in a poem

• line

• poetry

• stanza

• theme

a single row of words in a poem

• stanza

• rhythm

• poet

• line

someone who writes a poem

• poet

• poetry

• poeter

• poemer

a piece of writing in which the words are chosen for their beauty and sound

• poem

• poetry

• poet

• poemer