Elements of Poetry

Words that help us sense or imagine what is happening in a poem

• imagery

• line

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

a single group of words in a poem

• imagery

• line

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"

• imagery

• line

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• imagery

• line

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

words that mean the same as how they sound

• imagery

• line

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

giving human characteristics to non-human things

• personification

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable

words that have the same ending sound

• personification

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• personification

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable

a group of lines that act like a paragraph in a poem

• personification

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable

a unit of pronunciation having one vowel and one beat

• personification

• rhyme

• rhythm

• stanza

• syllable