Poetry Terms

3. Implies or suggests a comparison between two things
6. Consists of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables
7. Presents a list of many different images
9. A musical quality based on repetition
11. Rhymes occuring at the end of lines
15. Two unlike things compared using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles
16. Elements that help you imagine how
17. Rhymes that repeat some sounds but are not exact echoes
19. Using words that sound like what they mean
20. When at least one of the rhymed words falls within a line
22. Gives human qualities to something that is not human
23. Expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of imaginative connections

1. The repetition of vowel sounds in several words
2. A regular pattern of end rhymes
4. Repetition of the same consonant sound in several words
5. A song that tells a story.
6. Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
8. Expresses a speaker’s emotions or thoughts
10. Comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another
12. A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of our five senses
13. A fourteen-line lyric poem.
14. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
18. A three-line poem with seventeen syllables-five each in lines 1 and 3 and seven in line 2
21. The repetition of a stressed vowel sound