Poetry Writing Flashcards

Grade 4 · English · Flashcards

Review poetic terms and literary devices used to write and analyze poetry.

Flashcards

Poem: A piece of writing arranged in lines and stanzas that uses sound and imagery to express ideas
Stanza: A group of lines in a poem separated by a blank line
Rhyme scheme: The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, labeled with letters (e.g., ABAB, AABB)
Rhythm: The musical beat of a poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables
Meter: A regular, predictable pattern of rhythm in a poem
Imagery: Descriptive language that uses the five senses to create a mental picture
Simile: A comparison using 'like' or 'as' — 'the moon was like a silver coin'
Metaphor: A direct comparison saying one thing IS another — 'the road is a river of headlights'
Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things — 'the sun peeked over the hill'
Alliteration: The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words — 'slippery silver snakes'
Haiku: A three-line poem with 5 syllables in line 1, 7 in line 2, and 5 in line 3; often about nature
Free verse: Poetry that does not follow a set rhyme scheme or meter
Limerick: A funny five-line poem with the rhyme scheme AABBA