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who the author writes their piece for—in other words, the reader.
What is audience?
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature.
What is a Poem?
someone who is the voice of the poem. Oftentimes, the speaker is the poet. Other times, the speaker can take on the voice of a persona–the voice of someone else including animals and inanimate objects.
What is a Speaker?
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play
What is Soliloquy?
The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected
What is situational irony?
The author's tone of voice refers to the words that are added to show the point of view, emotion, or attitude
What is the Author's Tone?
voice, diction, imagery, figures of speech, symbolism and allegory, syntax, sound, rhythm and meter, and structure.
What is Poetic Elements?
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
What is a stanza?
a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid
What is Fallacy?
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is Dramatic Irony?
a version of metaphor that extends over the course of multiple lines, paragraphs, or stanzas of prose or poetry.
What is an Extended Metaphor?
the sensory and figurative language used in poetry
What is Poetic Imagery?
the idea or thing that the poem concerns or represents
What is The subject of a poem?
a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
What is a Analogy?
a message conveyed or a lesson learned from a story, a poem, or an event.
What is Morals?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
The mood refers to the atmosphere that is prevalent in the poem. Different elements of a poem such as its setting, tone, voice, and theme help establish this atmosphere. As a result, the mood evokes certain feelings and emotions in the reader.
What is Poetic Mood?
the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
What is syntax?
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What is propaganda?
as a branch of philosophy, seeks to explore rational decision-making, with the hope of establishing standards for ideal behavior.
What is Ethics?
a literary device that works as a structural element in poetry. Essentially, a meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a poem
What is Meter?
the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a line
What is a Ryhme?
the lesson or message of the poem.
What is Theme?
A statement in which the speaker's words are incongruous with the speaker's intent
What is verbal irony?
story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is a Allegory?