Poem’s structure

Main elements of a poem

• Title: the name of the poem.

• Author/ poet: the person who wrote the poem. They usually
leave their signature.

• Stanza:  a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines

arranged together. 

• Space: a gap between stanzas.

• Verse: a single line in a poem.

Genre: autobiography
• An autobiography is the story of one person's life, written by that
person. It is usually told in first-person point of view and covers the
author's entire life.
• Some shorter versions of autobiographical works include:
1. Journals
2. Diaries
3. Letters
4. Memoirs
Characteristics of an autobiography
• Story: An autobiography is essentially a story of the life of a person. It revolves around the

various happenings in a person’s life.

• First Person: Another characteristic of an autobiography is that it is ALWAYS a first person

account. That means, the story is written and told as the person has experienced it himself.

• Chronology: Generally, an autobiography follows a chronology. That is, it begins with the

beginning, and the story unfolds in the same order that the events in the writer’s life have

taken place in.

• Important Events: A common misconception is that an autobiography is a written account of

ALL the happenings of one’s life. In fact, it is basically an account of only the major events or

those events that have made an impact on the person’s personality and played a major role in

the person that he has become when he writes it.

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