tone

Tone refers to the feeling of the poem.
The boy walked across the street scared for his life.
Tone is important beacuase it tells the reader how the character in the stanza feels and the reader can relate to it.

interpretation

 Interpretation is to give or provide the meaning of a poem to the reader.
in ohh captain my captain you could think of abraham licoln as anyone
iterpretation is important in L.A. because it helps the readers know the meaning of the stanza.

metaphor

 is a literary figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is and on some point of comparison.
Her house was like a prison,we couldn't do anything
It is important to L.A. because it shows some understanding and comparison.

Speaker

speaker means the way the poem sounds and how it makes you feel. It is an important part of poetry because it can make you feel different when you read it and it makes you think.It makes the reader think about what the stanza means.it makes it better by showing the reader how/what it means to the speaker.

Symbol

A Symbol is something that represents and idea. One figure holds up a large lock a potent symbol of the towns premier industry. Symbols are a way of talking about things for which we have no words.
it makes poetry better by having a picture to help you.

Couplet

A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. Alexander pope in the 18th century perfected a form of heroic couplets. It is an important part of poerty because it is how people can understand the poem better. It makes poetry better because it also helps people understand it and make it sounds better.

A stanza: is a unit within a large poem. It is an important part of poetry because a stanza is a paragraph in writing and is always used.it adds a new paragraph to the poem.it makes it better because it organizes its ideas.