Poetry Vocabulary

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse

• lyric

• meter

• line

• refrain

the repetition of similar vowels in successive words

• simile

• alliteration

• assonance

• metaphor

a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author

• tone

• epic

• meter

• rhythm

representing an abstract quality or idea as a human

• assonance

• personification

• alliteration

• metaphor

not literal

• epic

• haiku

• figurative

• refrain

a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

• sonnet

• elegy

• epic

• tone

The sun is shining bright

This is a lovely sight.

You are like a day of May

And I as worthless as hay.

This is an example of ___________________.

• rhyme

• free verse

This is an example of _________________.

• rhyme

• free verse

The paintbrush was a magic wand in his hand.

• This is a metaphor.

• This is a simile.

• This is a hyperbole.

The car was suffering and needed some love and care.

• This is a hyperbole.

• This is alliteration.

• This is personification.