ELEMENTS OF POETRY

Structure, Rhyme, and Rhythm

RHYTHM
derived from the Greek word
"rhythmos," which means
"measured motion -acts in poetry like a beat does
in music

RHYME

when words have the same

end sound. Rhyme can
happen at the beginning,
middle, or end of a line of
poetry.

RHYME SCHEME
Rhyme scheme is a pattern of rhyme
found in a poem.

NARRATIVE POEM
Narrative poetry tells a story. Forms
include the ballad and the epic

LYRIC POEM
Lyric poetry expresses feelings
and emotions. Forms include the
sonnet and the ode.

STANZA

a group of lines in a
poem

VERSE

A line of a poem

ANALOGY
the act of comparing
two things that are alike
in some way

CONCRETE
poetry in which the poet's intent is
conveyed by the graphic patterns
of letters, words, or symbols
rather than by the conventional
arrangement of words

HOMOPHONE
A word that has the same sound as
another word, but a different
spelling and meaning. For example,
there, their, and theyre