the voice that conveys the poem’s message (similar to a narrator in fiction)

A unified group of lines in poetry that is marked by spacing between sections of the poem

An object or action that represents more than its literal meaning

The central message that the author/poet delivers

The attitude the poem’s speaker takes towards their subject

A word that sounds like what it means

the pattern of rhymed lines in a poem, usually denoted by lowercase letters

the beat and pace of a poem, coming from the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry

A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as

A figure of speech comparing 2 things that DOESN’T use like or as

The measured arrangement of sounds in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line

When a line concludes with a natural pause, marked by punctuation or the end of a sentence/phrase

Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a measurable meter

rhymed words that occur within a single line of verse

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English Poetic Terms

Vocab

Definition	Term	Example
Speaker	the voice that conveys the poem’s message (similar to a narrator in fiction)	(no specific example provided in images)
Stanza	A unified group of lines in poetry that is marked by spacing between sections of the poem	Margaret Atwood’s “You Fit Into Me”: you fit into me like a hook into an eye / a fish hook an open eye
Symbol	An object or action that represents more than its literal meaning	Blood in Macbeth symbolizes the consequences of Macbeth’s murderous actions and his guilt in Duncan’s death
Theme	The central message that the author/poet delivers	The necessity of hope for survival
Tone	The attitude the poem’s speaker takes towards their subject	Angry, sarcastic, joyful
Verse	A single line of poetry	Whose woods these are I think I know
Onomatopoeia	A word that sounds like what it means	Buzz, splat, boom, tick tock
Rhyme scheme	the pattern of rhymed lines in a poem, usually denoted by lowercase letters	ABAB, as in the poem Roses are red / Violets are blue / Shakespeare is dead / I had no clue
Rhythm	the beat and pace of a poem, coming from the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry	“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, How I wonder what you are!”
Simile	A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as	From “Your Teeth” by Denise Rogers: Your teeth are like stars
Metaphor	A figure of speech comparing 2 things that DOESN’T use like or as	From Sylvia Plath’s “Metaphors”: I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house
Meter	The measured arrangement of sounds in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line	Macbeth is written in iambic pentameter: ‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen.’ The witches’ lines are in trochaic tetrameter: ‘Double, double, toil and trouble; / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.’
End stopped	When a line concludes with a natural pause, marked by punctuation or the end of a sentence/phrase	Dickinson’s “Fame is a bee.”: Fame is a bee. / It has a song— / It has a sting— / Ah, too, it has a wing.
Free Verse	Poetry that doesn’t rhyme or have a measurable meter	(no specific example provided in images)
Internal Rhyme	rhymed words that occur within a single line of verse	The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”: Hey Jude, don’t make it bad / Take a sad song and make it better / Remember to let her into your heart /

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