Elements of Poetry

To convey the hidden meaning to the reader or listener

is how we describe the overarching structure or pattern of the poem

Uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful in poems

A vivid and vibrant form of description that appeals to readers' senses and imagination

A single row of words in a poem is called a

a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words

This is what the poem is all about and the central idea that the poet wants to convey.

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound; refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

A grouping of lines, set off by a space , which usually has a set of pattern of meter and rhyme

a form of literature that uses not only words, but also form, patterns of sound, imagery, and figurative language to convey the message

conveys the speaker's implied attitude toward the poem's subject

premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound

the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza and can change line by line, stanza by stanza, or can continue throughout a poem.

Poems with no recognizable patterns or rules (no rhyming, meter etc)

a poetic device which is used at the end of a line and the beginning of the next line in a poem. Also, it can be described as a point where a line is divided into two halves at the end of a line