Poetry vocab set 1
when objects, colors, and/or emotions represent ideas
symbolism
assigning human characteristics to non-human things
personification
the concrete in The Rose That Grew From Concrete is a symbol for
a hard, harsh environment or difficult circumstances
the author of this poem
Ada Limon
the author of this poem
Jimmy Santiago Baca
enjambment
when a sentence in a poem continues onto another line creating a flow and rhythm
the universal truth or message in a text
theme
The author of The Rose That Grew From Concrete (first and last name)
Tupac Shakur
the speaker's mother drove for this amount of time to and from appointments
45 minutes
the overalls they were given were really
prison uniforms
contrast
opposing concepts/ideas
anaphora
the repetition of phrases at the beginning of poetic lines
the two people the speaker describes in The Gift
his father and his wife
the poem is titled The Raincoat because
As an adult, the poet saw a mother putting a raincoat on her daughter and remembered the sacrifices her own mother made
the immigrants are really
inmates/prisoners
the placement of two contrasting ideas next to each other
juxtaposition
repetition
the childhood age of the speaker in The Gift
7
the raincoat symbolizes
her parent's love and protection
the revolving door of prison - there's always more prisoners entering and there is very little hope for rehabilitation or release
comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
imagery
vivid descriptions that appeal to the senses
the theme of The Gift
A parent passes their love down to their children and teaches them how to care for and love others
the theme
you often don't realize how much your parents love you and what they sacrifice for you until you're an adult
the theme
you can be treated like an outsider in your own land, prison pretends to offer rehabilitation but is dehumanizing and degrading