Poetry Terms

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one thing is another, without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines within a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas. It functions similarly to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her smile was like sunshine.'

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is meter in poetry?

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Meter is the rhythmic structure of a poem, determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery refers to descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.

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What is an acrostic poem?

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An acrostic poem is a type of poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message when read vertically.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a rhyme scheme?

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A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem, often described using letters to represent sounds.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines in a poem that typically rhyme and have the same meter.