Taylor Swift or Shakespeare
How can it be said I am alone when all the world is here to look at me?
Shakespeare - A Midsummer's Night Dream
Metaphor
A comparison between two things not using like or as.
a grouped set of lines in a poem, set a part from others with a line of space
Stanza
a very short poem that contains 3 lines with 17 total syllables; originated in Japan and is usually about nature
Haiku
Hyperbole
An obvious exaggeration
Do you miss the rogue who coaxed you into paradise and left you there?
Taylor Swift - coney island
Simile
A comparison between two things using like or as
the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines of a poem, written as letters
Rhyme Scheme
a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the writer; has a song-like quality
Lyric poem
What poet said: "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou
Did I close my fist around something delicate? Did I shatter you?
Taylor Swift - coney island (evermore)
Personification
When non-human objects are given human characteristics
rhymes at the ends of lines
end rhyme
poetry that has no regular rhythm, meter, rhyme, or structure
Free Verse
Taylor Swift or Edgar Allen Poe?
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing."
Edgar Allen Poe - The Raven
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break
Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew
Onomatopoeia
Uses sound words. These words imitate the sounds things make.
rhymes within lines
internal rhyme
a poem that celebrates a subject; a tribute to an object, person, or event
Ode
Types of Poetry: a poem written in response to the death of a person or group; a poem of mourning
Elegy
In black ink my love may still shine bright
Shakespeare - Sonnet 65
Alliteration
Similar beginning sounds that are used in two or more words close together
the basic rhythmic structure of a verse of poetry
Meter
a poem that tells a story and has characters, a setting, and a plot
Narrative Poem
Who is Miss Eberhard's favorite poet?
Robert Frost