Introduction to Poetry Terms 

Terms  
Directions: Use the dictionary to match the following definition with the correct poetry term.

1. A single metrical line of poetry, or poetry in general.

2. An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that stands for something beyond itself

3. The way the writer chooses words, arranges them in sentences

4. The recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse

5. Correspondence of sound between words or ending of words

6. The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in a poem

7. The pattern of related comparative aspects of language

8. The dictionary definition of a word

9. The associations of a word that go beyond its dictionary meaning

10. A pair of rhyming lines

11. A concrete representation of a sensory impression, feeling or idea

12. A poem that expresses that thoughts and feelings of the poet

13. A poem that tells a story

14. The pattern of rhymes used in a poem

15. A division or unit of a poem

16. The focus of a literary work

17. The main idea