Ahartsook-illustrated poetry terms - Google Docs

Poetry 
Terms 

 

 
 

Personification 
 

A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given 
human characteristics. 

 
 
 
This shows personification because apples do not have faces which is a human 
quality  
 
 
 

Alliteration 

 
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. 

 

 

 
 
This is an alliteration because the sounds at the beginning of the 
words sound the same 
 
 
 
 
 

Rhyme 

 
The repetition of the same or similar sounds, usually in stressed 

syllables at the ends of lines. 
 
 

 

 
 
This is a rhyming poem because there is a repetition of similar 
sounds 
 
 

 

Rhythm 

 
Musical quality created by a pattern of beats or stresses in a line of 

poetry. 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
This is a rhythm poem because the lines all have the same number 
of beats  

 
 
 

Onomatopoeia 

 
The use of words or phrases whose sounds suggest their meanings. 
The sound of the word boom, for example, suggests an explosion. 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
This word would mean that it would be an onomatopoeia, for 
example it could suggest that someone hit their head 

 
 
 

End Rhyme 

 
Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
This is an end rhyme poem because the words at the end of each 
sentence rhyme 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
Internal Rhyme 

 
Rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry. 

 
 
 
  

 
 
 
This is an internal rhyme because there is only one sentence and it 
rhymes 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
Stanzas 

 
A group of lines in a poem set off by blank lines. 

 
 
 
  
 

 
 
 
There's a blank line in between each stanza so that’s how your able 
to identify it  
 
 

 
 

 
 
Symbol 

 
A person, place, an object, or an action that stands for something 

beyond itself. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
This is a symbol because it represents the sun and the moon.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Simile 

 
A comparison using like or as 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
This is a simile because it's comparing jewels to things like blood, 
heaven, and grass etc.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Metaphor 

 
Direct comparison between two unlike things. It does not use the 

words like or as. 
 
 

 
 
 
This is comparing a black cat to the night without using like or as 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Hyperbole 

 
Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or 

humorous effect. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
This is a hyperbole because the boy talks about how he feels like 
he's been in timeout forever but it's really only been 5 minutes not 
10,000 years 
 
 

 
 

Free Verse 

Poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
There's no rhyming, scheme, meter, or form so it's a free verse 
poem 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Imagery 
 

Language that appeals to the five senses---touch, taste, smell, 
hearing, and sight. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
This would be imagery because its using touch which is one of the 5 
senses 

Lyric Poem 

Short poem that directly expresses the poet’s thoughts and 
emotions in a musical way. 

 
 

 
 
 
This poem shows that its a lyric poem because the writer doesn’t 
like being told how she should feel and expresses how she feels 
about it 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Narrative Poem 
 

Poem that tells a story. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
This poem is a little story about how a pebble lasted a long car ride 
so that makes it a narrative poem 
 

Rhyme scheme  
 

The sequence in which the rhyme occurs. The first end sound is 
represented as the letter a, the second b, etc. 
 

 
 
 
This is a rhyme scheme poem because the same pattern is repeating 
over and over 
 

 
 
 

Poetry 

 
A form of writing that uses not only words, but also form, patterns 
of sound, imagery, and figurative language to convey its message. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
The poem is written to create in image of a person 
 
 

 
 

Sound devices  
 

Techniques used to create a sense of rhythm or to emphasize 
particular sounds in writing. 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
This is part of a sound device poem because the same sounds keep 
recurring 
 

 

Meter 
 

Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that gives a 
line of poetry a predictable rhythm. 
 
 

 
This meter poem is easy to identify because the rhyme is 

predictable   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Figurative language 
 

The use of words to create an image in the reader's mind. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
This poem is using a simile which is a type of figurative language 
that compares things using like or as. In this poem it's comparing a 
tornado to a wrecking ball  
 
 

 

 
Mood 

 

The feeling or atmosphere created by the writer. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
In this poem the girl is sad because her friend leaves her. Which is 
describing the atmosphere so that makes it a mood poem 

 

Idiom  
 

A phrase or expression whose meaning is different from what the 
words say literally. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

In this poem its describing an idiom because you can’t talk your 
head off nor can you walk your feet off 

 

 
Symbolism  

 

A literary device where a physical object represents something else. 
 

 

 
 
 
The poem is using representations about life to describe Spring 
 
 

Repetition  
 

 

A technique in which the same word or line is repeated for 
emphasis or unity. Helps to reinforce meaning and create an 

appealing rhythm. 
 

 

 
 
In this poem the repetition is where it keeps saying “I’m car sick” 
over and over 

 
 
 

Refrain 
 

Stanza or line that is repeated throughout the poem. 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
The refrain in this poem is where it keeps saying “Of the beautiful 
Annabel Lee” because the line is repeated throughout the poem 
 
 

 

 
 
Couplet 
 

Rhymed pair of lines in a poem 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
All of these examples are couplets because they all rhyme 
and there all 2 lined