The way a poem is laid out on the page, how it "looks."
form
What is rhythm?
the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables: the beat of the poem.
Poems that don't follow strict rules about lines, stanzas, rhythm and rhyme.
free verse
These patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound/
meter
Two lines that rhyme, typical of the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet.
couplet
A stanza of four lines, often but not always having alternate rhymes.
quatrain
A division of several lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme. It divides the poem into what looks like paragraphs.
stanza
It's the part of a song or poem that appears at the end of the stanza, or appears where a poem or song divides into different sections, and is repeated.
refrain or chorus
A repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs
rhyme
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
personification
The tree whispered in the wind is an example of__________.
personification
The repetition of internal vowel sounds.
assonance
"Tim, the terrifying tiger" is an example of _________
alliteration
Comparing two things using like or as,
simile
The cloud was fluffy like cotton candy.This is an example of a _____________
simile
He was a tornado, blasting through the opposing team.This is an example of a ____________
metaphor
