Poetry Terms Word Search
Poetry is older than writing itself, since people memorized verse long before they recorded it. Rhyme and rhythm made those lines easier to remember, and the terms for them still come up in language arts classes and writing groups.
Poetry Terms word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- beat
- couplet
- haiku
- line
- poem
- poet
- rhyme
- rhythm
- stanza
- verse
Poetry Terms word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- beat
- couplet
- haiku
- imagery
- line
- metaphor
- meter
- poem
- poet
- refrain
- rhyme
- rhythm
- simile
- stanza
- verse
Poetry Terms word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- ballad
- beat
- couplet
- free verse
- haiku
- imagery
- limerick
- line
- metaphor
- meter
- poem
- poet
- refrain
- rhyme
- rhythm
- simile
- sonnet
- stanza
- syllable
- verse
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Words in the Poetry Terms word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- poem
- A piece of writing arranged in lines
- rhyme
- Words that end with the same sound
- verse
- A line or section of poetry
- line
- One row of words in a poem
- poet
- A person who writes poems
- beat
- A stressed pulse you hear in a line
- rhythm
- The pattern of beats in spoken lines
- stanza
- A grouped set of lines, like a paragraph
- haiku
- Short Japanese form of three lines, often five, seven, five syllables
- couplet
- Two lines side by side, usually rhyming
- meter
- The regular measured pattern of a poem's beats
- simile
- A comparison using the word like or as
- metaphor
- Calling one thing another to show a likeness
- imagery
- Words that call up sights, sounds and smells
- refrain
- A line repeated through a poem or song
- sonnet
- A poem of fourteen lines with a set rhyme plan
- ballad
- A poem that tells a story, often sung
- limerick
- A funny five-line poem with a bouncing rhythm
- free verse
- Poetry written without regular rhyme or meter
- syllable
- One beat of sound inside a spoken word
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