Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Line
The wave travels silently,
without companions,
gathering them into itself.
Passing through
everything
like a ghost,
it rushes with something
to tell the shore.
But by the time it arrives
it can only roar.
How many stanzas are in this poem?
4
"The wind was howling last night" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
A section (paragraph) in a poem is called a _________.
Stanza
An old turtle looked up and said,
"Mr. Sky, I have lived a long time.
I have seen it all,
And what they say is true.
There is nothing new under the sun."
"Really?" said Sky.
And from six miles up, he dropped
A single snowflake.
How many lines are in Stanza 2?
3
I'm so uncoordinated that people call me Humpty Dumpty.
Allusion
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha'n't be gone long. -- You come too.
ABBC
Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
Ex: Bang, crash, slam, etc.
What do you call it when a poet uses a specific pattern of rhyming end words?
Rhyme Scheme
Give an example of a simile.
Ex: She's as fast as a cheetah
Whose woods these are I think I know
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Aside from the AABA rhyme scheme, what is the other pattern this poet repeats in each line?
8 syllables per line