a line of verse with fivemetrical feet, eachconsisting of one short(or unstressed) syllablefollowed by one long(or stressed) syllable,for example Twohouseholds, both alikein dignity.Imageryused todescribe thelevel offormality that aspeaker uses.Rhythmtick tockgoes theclocka figure of speechthat describes anobject or action in away that isn't literallytrue, but helpsexplain an idea ormake a comparison.exaggerationfor effectFree!groups oflines,sometimesreferred toas verses.the name givento poetry thatdoesn't use anystrict meter orrhyme scheme.A narrative poemcomposed ofquatrains (iambictetrameteralternating withiambic trimeter)rhyming x-a-x-a.Alliterationa figure of speechinvolving thecomparison of onething with anotherthing of a differentkind, used to make adescription moreemphatic or vivid"Behind me themoonBrushes shadowsof pine treesLightly on thefloor."A poemconsisting offourteen linesof iambicpentameter.Metera word, line orphrase that isrepeated withinthe lines orstanzas of thepoem itself.AssonanceCoupletsthe attribution of apersonal nature orhuman characteristicsto somethingnonhuman, or therepresentation of anabstract quality inhuman form.a line of verse with fivemetrical feet, eachconsisting of one short(or unstressed) syllablefollowed by one long(or stressed) syllable,for example Twohouseholds, both alikein dignity.Imageryused todescribe thelevel offormality that aspeaker uses.Rhythmtick tockgoes theclocka figure of speechthat describes anobject or action in away that isn't literallytrue, but helpsexplain an idea ormake a comparison.exaggerationfor effectFree!groups oflines,sometimesreferred toas verses.the name givento poetry thatdoesn't use anystrict meter orrhyme scheme.A narrative poemcomposed ofquatrains (iambictetrameteralternating withiambic trimeter)rhyming x-a-x-a.Alliterationa figure of speechinvolving thecomparison of onething with anotherthing of a differentkind, used to make adescription moreemphatic or vivid"Behind me themoonBrushes shadowsof pine treesLightly on thefloor."A poemconsisting offourteen linesof iambicpentameter.Metera word, line orphrase that isrepeated withinthe lines orstanzas of thepoem itself.AssonanceCoupletsthe attribution of apersonal nature orhuman characteristicsto somethingnonhuman, or therepresentation of anabstract quality inhuman form.

POETRY BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
  2. Imagery
  3. used to describe the level of formality that a speaker uses.
  4. Rhythm
  5. tick tock goes the clock
  6. a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
  7. exaggeration for effect
  8. Free!
  9. groups of lines, sometimes referred to as verses.
  10. the name given to poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.
  11. A narrative poem composed of quatrains (iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter) rhyming x-a-x-a.
  12. Alliteration
  13. a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
  14. "Behind me the moon Brushes shadows of pine trees Lightly on the floor."
  15. A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.
  16. Meter
  17. a word, line or phrase that is repeated within the lines or stanzas of the poem itself.
  18. Assonance
  19. Couplets
  20. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.