Elements of Poetry

8. Also called as the pattern of the rhyme
11. compares two unlike things without using the words like or as
12. A poem that is consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter which follow a strict rhyme scheme.
14. a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verses
15. writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally
17. is an extreme exaggeration
18. emphasized when the syllable is spoken
22. a Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines. the first and third lines have 5 syllables, the second line has 7
23. a poem that tells a story in verse
25. the feelings and associations a word evokes in people

1. the repetition of similar sounds
2. the use of words to imitate sounds
3. the beat created by a poems pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
4. gives human qualities to something that is not human
5. not emphasized when the syllable is spoken
6. a poem that does not have a strict structure, regular rhythm, or pattern of rhyme
7. like a narrator of a story, this is the voice of the poem
9. the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
10. the message or insight about life the poem conveys
13. The use of word or object that represents an idea.
16. the use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence - more than once
19. compares two unlike things using the words like or as
20. the dictionary definition of a word
21. language that appeals to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
24. a group of lines that work together to express a central idea