Meter

What is a meter? the rhythmic patterns of lines in a verse
Example:

So	long	as	men	can	breathe,	or	eyes	can	see,
So	long	lives	this,	and	this	gives	life	to	thee

Why do we need this: it makes the poetry more interesting to read
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Rhyme

What is this?  Poetic words ending in the same sound
Example: Cold Fold
Why do we need this? It makes it more interesting and exciting to read
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Rhythm

What is a rhythm: the beat of the poem.
Example: the highs and lows in the poem
Why do we have this: It adds demension to the otherwise flat poems.
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Metaphor

Whats a metaphor? A figure of language comparing to unalike thing without using like or as.
Example: She was a fireball, sprinting ferociously though the feild.
Why do we need this? It adds detail to the descriptions of things.
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Repitition

What is repitition: In poetry where you say the same thing multiple times usually in the same space of different stanzas.
Example: Roses are red
                  Violets are blue
                  This is the place
                 Where i love you

               Wether the sky be grey
               or sky be blue
              This is the place
               where i love you.

Why do we need this? It helps add depth to our poetry.
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Tone

What is tone? the way something is spoken
Example: differnt rhythms.
Why do we need this?: It helps us have a better idea of emotion in poems.
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Interpretation

What is this? The way you can figure out what a term or thing means.
Example: The sky was like a cloud of smoke. means: the sky was grey and gloomy.
Why do we need this? Without interpreting, we may not know what the point that is trying to get across is.
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Speaker

What's a speaker? the person who has witnessed the happenings in the poem.
Example:  person who writes it.
Why do we need a speaker? they add sime perspective to the poetry writings.
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Onomotopoeia

What is this?: a word used to describe a sound
Example: POW! BANG!
Why is this significant?: it adds demention to the situations by adding the needed sound effects.
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Personification

What is personification: personification is imagery in which unhuman things are described as human.
Example: The heater hummed a soft lullaby in the otherwise deathly silent house.
Why do we use this?: It helps us to be able to relate to objects and what they are currently doing.
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Imagery

What is imagery?: Imagery is a kind of figurative language that uses discriptive words that are used to evoke the 5 senses.
Example: The cold, tile floor left my feet feeling frozen and sent a series of sharp chills up and down my backbone.
Why do we have imagery?: we use it to be able to connect to what we already have seen, heard, etc...
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Simile

What is a simile: a figure of speech in which a person or object is compared to another unlike object using like or as. 
Example: He was like a deer, sprinting away with no intention of looking back.
Why do we need similes?: they can make writing more interesting, understandable, and relatable.
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Symbol

What is a symbol? A symbol is an object with deeper inner meaning than the object itself is made out to be.
Why do we need symbols? We use symbols to show deeper feeling than can be further expressed. It brings to poetry a stronger emotion. It may even make feelings easier to understand.
How can we use symbols? Today in popular culture there are many uses of symbolism. For example, in the phenomonon The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is the mockingjay, or the symbol for rebellion.

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Couplet

What's a couplet? A couplet is a two line verse in poetry and music most commonly rhyming. They work together as a stanza.
What does a couplet look like? Here is an example. This is "Where's The Silver" by Tyler Mason:
Colors, colors everywhere
Colors all around

Reds and purples and blues are there
But silver can't be found

I look around, and now I've found some yellows and some greens
I look until my eyes are sore, but silver can't be seen

I look unto the vibrant clouds, but there's no silver lining
Where is all the silver that the miners should be mining?

Why are couplets important? They are important because they are short poetic stanzas that serve more emotion than others sometime. They serve importance mainly for their length.

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Stanza

What is a stanza? A stanza is a group of lines written in a poem meant to be read as a whole, so basically a paragraph for poems.
What does it look like? This is an example. This is What Gives You Courage by Alicia Ricks