Poetry Elements Poem First Stanza First line = setting (exposition) Second = introduce a character (protagonist) Third = introduce an antagonist Fourth = create suspense Fifth = create a metaphor Sixth = foreshadow an event Seventh = refrain Second Stanza First line = use an onomatopoeia Second = use personification Third = use imagery Fourth = create a conflict (external) Fifth = write a simile Sixth = use allusion Third Stanza First line = use alliteration Second = create a symbol Third = make a flashback Fourth = use dialect Fifth = make a climax to the narrative poem Sixth = write some dialogue Seventh = Refrain Fourth Stanza First line = use irony Second = create assonance Third = create consonance Fourth = have a resolution to the conflict Fifth = create a hyperbole Sixth = write the moral