Lines, Lines, and More Lines
A group of lines, separated from others by line breaks
What is a stanza?
A comparison between two unlike things where the words like, as, or than are used.
What is a simile?
What is free verse?
A stanza consisting of 4 lines
What is a quatrain?
When an animal or non-living thing is described as if it was a human
What is personification?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is meter?
A stanza consisting of 2 lines
What is a couplet?
When several words close together start with the same letter or sound
What is alliteration?
The ordered or free occurrence of sounds in poetry
What is rhythm?
The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals throughout a poem
What is a refrain?
When several words close together contain the same vowel sound
What is assonance?
A pattern where the ends of lines share similar sounds
What is a rhyme scheme?