Poetry 1
A piece of writing that uses rhythm, imagery, and sometimes rhyme to express ideas or feelings.
Poem
A single sound unit in a word.
Syllable
What is the Rhyme scheme of this stanza
Bananas ripe and green, and ginger-root,/ Cocoa in pods and alligator pears,/ And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit,/ Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs,
ABAB
How many syllables
That fat cat has a bat
6
Does a poem always have to rhyme
No
A single row of words in a poem.
Line
The rhythm of a poem created by the number and pattern of syllables in each line.
Meter
What is the Rhyme scheme
The clock ticks loud the wind blows heavy/
The stove lies cold the dust falls steady/
Your fading footsteps cross the floor/
A home once warm now weeps once more/
AABB
How many syllables
The sun will still rise tomorrow
7
I am a poem of 14 lines ABABCDCDEFEFGG
A group of lines in a poem; it is like a paragraph in writing.
Stanza
A comparison that does not use like or as.
Metaphor
Whats the Rhyme scheme
She leans in serious contemplation/
Pink slippers set in fifth position/
Fingers touch the ribbons/
Sending bits of hope and promise/
AAAB
How many syllables
The soft waves lapped upon the sandy shore
10
A poem in which all the lines have the same rhyme
AAAA
monorhyme
Words that have the same or similar ending sounds.
Rhyme
Descriptive language that helps the reader see, hear, smell, taste, or feel what is happening
Imagery
Whats the rhyme scheme
paws printed in raw dirt/
claws scratched at soil/
a dead rubber bone/
the gate reaches out/
None or ABCD
How many syllables
My heart pumped faster then ever as I saw the finish line
15
Two lines of a verse joined by a rhyme
ABABCC
couplet
The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem, usually labeled with letters (A, B, C).
Rhyme Scheme
The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words.
Alliteration
Whats the rhyme scheme
Blindly walking to the sink/
A glass of tap for to drink/
Imagine the cold surprise/
Finding these little guys/
Two chick in two glasses/
Keeping me from my oasis/
AABBCC
If a word only has one syllable what is it called?
Monosyllabic
A rhyme scheme in which every other line rhymes
ABAB
Alternate rhyme