Poetry Stanzas and Lines

What is a group of lines called that form a verse?

• Line

• Stanza

• Paragraph

• Meter

A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

• poem

• stanza

• line

• personification

A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

• metaphor

• simile

• line

• stanza

The _________ are like paragraphs in a poem.

• stanzas

• lines

• rhyme scheme

• figurative language

What is a line?

• a group of lines within a poem

• random words throughout a poem

• a row of words in a poem

Words with a similar ending sound are called...

• Equal

• Rhythm

• Repeated

• Rhyme

What are a group of lines within a poem called?

• Verse

• Line

• Repetition

What are the red letters an example of?

The people along the sand (A)

All turn and look one way. (B)

They turn their back on the land. (A)

They look at the sea all day. (B)

As long as it takes to pass (C)

A ship keeps raising its hull; (C)

The wetter ground like glass (D)

Reflects a standing gull. (D)

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Rhyme scheme

• Alliteration

A _______ in a poem is like a sentence in a paragraph.

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

• figurative language

Rhythm is created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem.

• False

• True