Poetic Structure
What is a stanza in a poem?
A grouped set of lines in a poem, separated by a blank line or indent.
What poetic feature creates pictures in the reader’s mind using descriptive language?
Imagery.
Repeating the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together is called this.
Alliteration.
A comparison using 'like' or 'as' is this figure of speech.
Simile.
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" was written by this poet.
William Wordsworth
What is the name for the order in which rhyming lines appear in a poem (such as ABAB)?
A rhyme scheme.
This device gives human qualities to non-human things.
Personification.
Words that sound like the sound they describe, like "buzz" or "click."
Onomatopoeia.
Saying "Life is a rollercoaster" is an example of this figure of speech.
Metaphor.
"Clancy of the Overflow" was written by this Australian poet.
Henry Lawson
What do you call the beat and pace created by stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?
Rhythm.
A word or phrase that means more than its literal definition, often used for deeper meaning in poems.
Symbolism.
Words that rhyme have this in common at the end of their syllables.
Rhyme.
Giving human actions to an object like "the old door squealed" is an example of?
Personification.
This poet wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."
Robert Frost
What is the term for the structure of a poem, including its line lengths, line breaks, and stanza lengths?
Form.
These tools include things like metaphor, alliteration, and rhyme, used to make poems more interesting.
Poetic features, techniques, or devices.
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem is called?
Rhyme scheme.
"He has a heart of gold" is a metaphor, but what does that mean, literally?
That he is very kind or generous.
"The Raven" was penned by this author.
Edgar Allan Poe
In poetry, sometimes the meaning changes with the break between lines or stanzas. What is this called?
A line break.
What is the repetition of vowel sounds within words that are near each other?
Assonance.
The poem "Betty Botter" is famous for which sound technique?
Alliteration
“Swim like a fish” uses what kind of figurative language?
Simile.
"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by this author.
Lewis Carroll