Elements of

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Elements of Poetry
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The 6 Basic Elements of Poetry

• Voice
• Stanza
• Sound

• Rhythm
• Form
• Figure of Speech

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Voice
Who is speaking?
How are they speaking?
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Stanzas
how lines are grouped
couplet 2 lines
quintet 5 lines
quatrain 4 lines
octave 8 lines
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Sound
Roses are red. Violets are blue. Poetrys
easy For me and for you!
Rhyme, but also other patterns
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Rhythm
what kind of beat or meter a poem has
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Form
what type of poem
limerick
haiku
diamante
cinquain
acrostic
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Figure of Speech
figurative language
similes
metaphors
Your room is a pig sty.
happy as a clam