Lines and Stanzas: Elements of Poetry

Poetry is written in...

• lines and stanzas

• sentences and paragraphs

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author of a poem

• poet

• stanza

• line

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

Lines are grouped in

• stanzas

• alphabetical order

• random order

• segments

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

A group of lines in a poem are...

• Form
• Stanza
• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A two line stanza is a

• tercet

• coupler

• terter

• couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A three line stanza is a

• terter

• terlet

• tercet

• terttrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

A four line stanza is a

• Terlet

• Quatter

• Tercet

• Quattrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

How many lines/verses are in each stanza?2

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Another word for a verse is a

• stanza

• line

• meter

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9