Poetic Elements and Structure

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

• limerick

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

rhythm

• haiku

• rhythm

• repetition

• alliteration

He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, like she was a garbage truck backing up, is an example of...

• stanza

• simile

• hyperbole

• end rhyme

"The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn’t," is an example of...

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• repetition 

When the rhyming occurs inside the line it is known as...

• end rhyme

• internal rhyme

• diction

• imagery

the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity

• Lyric

• rhythm

• consonance

• alliteration

A word that sounds like what it means

• consonance

• sonnet

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

• Rhyme

are the ideas associated with a word beyond its literal definition

• rhyme scheme

• connotation

• tercet

• imagery

the way poetry is arranged, groupings of words

• stanzas

• lines

• structure