Poetry Terms
What is rhythm?
I found a book of poems.
I brought the book to school.
And every time I looked at it.
I giggled like a fool.
What is ABCB?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
How dry I am, how wet I’ll be,
If I don’t find the bathroom key.
I found the key, but it’s too late.
I just missed my bathroom date.
What is AABB?
Poetry that does not rhyme, it is without a specific meter; often has incorrect grammar or punctuation
What is free verse?
The earth moved under my feet.
What is personification?
A collection of words written to inspire ideas, imagination, or emotion.
What is a poem?
Bee, be, B,
I’d rather climb a tree,
than learn to spell,
the same old word,
not just one way, but three
What is AABCA?
The feeling the poet is trying to convey.
What is the mood?
Anaheim Angels
What is alliteration?
A single row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
Have you ever heard the story
Of Mrs. J. J. Brown?
How she became a legend
When the ship was going down?
What is ABCB?
The truth, lesson, or message about life.
What is the theme?
I could eat all the candy in the world.
What is hyperbole?
The repeating of words, phrases, or lines in a poem.
What is repitition?
My baby brother is so small,
He hasn’t even learned to crawl.
He’s only been around a week,
And all he seems to do is bawl
and wiggle, sleep…and leak.
What is AABAB?