Poetry Elements

Theme

• the message someone is trying to convey

• A line in a poem

• the main idea

• the amount of syllables in each line

Rhyme Scheme/ Rhyming Pattern

• The message the author is trying to convey

• repeated words or phrases

• a group of lines

• a pattern of rhyming words

Stanza

• each line in a poem

• rhyming words at the end of each line

• group of lines

• group of sentences

Stanzas are like paragraphs in a poem.

• True

• False

What structure is poetry written in?

• sentences and paragraphs

• lines and paragraphs

• sentences and stanzas

• lines and stanzas

Line

• a group of lines

• one line in a poem

• main idea

• a message

Repetition

• words that have the same ending sounds

• the main idea

• repeating words or phrases

• one line in a poem

Rhyme

• words that have the same ending sound

• a pattern of rhyming lines

• a pattern of unaccented and accented syllables in a line

• the message the author is trying to convey

Meter

• words that have the same ending sound

• a pattern of (unaccented/accented) in each line of a poem

• a group of lines

• repeating words or phrases

Poems are often divided into lines and stanzas.

• True

• False