Poetic Structure
A group of lines separated from other groups of lines by a blank space
What is a stanza?
how a poem is built
how the speaker feels about events in the poem
what is tone?
when two things are compared using like or as
what is a simile?
Lines that end with a comma, period, semicolon, question mark, exclamation point, etc.
What are end-stopped lines?
repetition of a word, phrase, line, couplet, or whole stanza
What is a refrain?
the emotional impact of the poem on the reader
what is mood?
when two things are compared by saying one thing is another
what is a metaphor
lines that do not end with punctuation
a pair of two lines
What is a couplet?
a poem with no fixed rhyme scheme or rhythm
what is free verse?
when human qualities are given to a non-human thing
rhyme scheme
the pattern of rhymed words in a poem
a group of 3 lines
what is a tercet?
a poem that tells a story
what is a narrative poem?
when a person, place, or thing stands for something deeper than its literal meaning
what is symbolism?
this famous poem about living through oppression has a classic example of refrain
What is Caged Bird?
rhythm
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
What is a quatrain?
the person from whose perspective we hear the poem
when a non-animal thing is given animal characteristics
what is zoomorphism?
This poem by Langston Hughes uses symbolism when a mother compares her life to a staircase.
What is Mother to Son?