Poetry Meaning

Couplet

• Stanza

• a unit of language into which the poem is divided

• Two lines joined by a rhyme

Line

• A LINE is like a sentence in poetry

• TWO lines of a verse

• A part of a Stanza

Stanza

• When a poem creates a visual image

• ordered pattern of rhymes

• A group of lines that that forms a verse

Personification

• giving human traits to things

• comparison of two things

• visual description

Quatrain

• two lines of a verse

  joined by a rhyme

• A line is a unit of language into which a poem is divided

• A stanza or short poem of 4 lines, with ALTERNATE rhymes

The general statement being expressed in a poem is the

• mood

• diction

• stanza

• theme

Whenever a word or phrase is used more than once for effect. It can occur within a line, stanza, or throughout the poem. It is used for emphasis, and to reinforce mood.

• alliteration

• repetition

• assonance

The trees danced in the breeze" is an example of

• assonance

• personification

• irony

• alliteration

A group of lines in a poem is called a

• paragraph

• line

• stanza

• mood

Visually descriptive language that paints a clear picture for the reader

• irony

• mood

• tone

• imagery