Poetry Elements
Poems are composed with words divided into these. A group of them is called a stanza.
What are lines?
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The number 3.
How many stanzas are in the poem?
A visual poem that takes a shape to represent the topic.
What is a concrete poem?
Shakespeare says "But wherefore"
What is for what reason?
Not all poems have this, but many may have a pattern of repeated sounds, such as ABAB.
What is rhyme or a rhyme scheme?
The technique where a non-human element is described with human characteristics.
What is personification?
The number 14
How many lines are in the poem?
A poem from Japanese culture. Typically about nature, it contains 3 lines with 17 syllables in a 5-7-5 pattern.
What is a haiku?
What is not educated?
A group of lines in poetry. Two is called a couplet. Four is called a quatrain.
What is a stanza?
A technique where an extreme exaggeration conveys a deep feeling.
What is hyperbole?
ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG
What is the rhyme scheme or pattern?
This form can follow any pattern or rhythm the poet chooses. No two poems of this form have similar structures.
What is free verse?
It describes a part of the relationship between the speaker and his love.
What is "How does the first stanza affect the meaning of the poem?"
This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
What is a sound device?
William Shakespeare
Who is the poet?
A 14 line poem with an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme. The last stanza is a rhyming couplet.
What is a sonnet?
The ABAB rhyme scheme lends itself to bouncing between pairs of ideas.
What is "How does the rhyme scheme influence the meaning of the poem?"
This gives poetry pattern and a predictable rhythm.
What is meter.
The use of one object to represent something completely different from reality. For example, roses represent love.
What is symbolism?
A difficult romance isn't great, but it is fun while it lasts.
What is the theme of the poem?
A poem of 19 lines. 5 tercets, 1 quatrain. Repetition of 1st and 3rd lines.
What is a villanelle?
The sonnet form leads the speaker to explain the relationship in three logical parts.
What is "How does the sonnet form affect the poem's style?"