Poetry Terms

4. Giving human-like qualities to nonhuman things and/or objects.
5. Comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
7. A row of words in a poem, but not necessarily a full sentence.
8. _________ details appeal to the reader’s 5 senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch)
11. A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself.
13. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in phrase. (For example, Robbie saw rabbits resting by the roses.)
14. A pair of rhymed lines. (Follow your heart’s desire/And good things may transpire.)
16. The “voice” of the poem. Similar to a narrator in fiction.
18. _________ metaphor is the main metaphor in a poem.
19. The emotional atmosphere created by a poem. What does the reader feel?

1. When poet’s “paint pictures” by using sensory details, they are creating _______.
2. Rhyme _________ is pattern of end rhymes developed throughout a poem.
3. The lesson about life or human nature the poet wishes to share.
6. A writer or speaker’s choice of words and the arrangement of words in a
9. The repetition of identical sounds at the end of a word. (Bat and cat.)
10. The person who wrote the poem.
12. Using “like” or “as” to make a comparison of two unlike things.
15. The speaker’s attitude toward the subject.
16. A grouping of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
17. The deliberate use of a key word several times throughout a poem.