Poetry Elements
Poetry Elements 2
Fig. Language Devices
"Sea-Fever"
"The Village Blacksmith"
100
Rhyme
words that have the same accented vowel sounds
100
Refrain
A word/line that is repeated in a poem
100
Comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile
100
"I must go down to the seas again" is repeated at the beginning of each stanza. What is this an example of?
What is Refrain
100
"with large and sinewy hands" what does sinewy mean?
lean and tough
200
Stanzas
Lines arranged in groups
200
Structure
The way a poem looks on a page
200
Giving animals/object human-like qualities
What is Personification
200
Line 9 reads, "I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life." What does vagrant mean?
Wandering from place to place; unrestrained
200
"and the muscles of his brawny arms" What does brawny mean?
strong and muscular
300
Line
A single word, phrase, or sentences. Poems are made up of lines
300
Line Break
The place where lines of poetry end
300
A comparison not using like/as
What is a Metaphor
300
"Sea-Fever" ends with "and a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over." What does trick mean?
What is term or work or duty
300
Why does the blacksmith shed a tear when he hears his daughter sing?
It reminds him of his wife that passed away
400
Rhythm
The alternation of unaccented and accented syllables
400
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words
400
Words that sound like what they mean
What is onomatopoeia
400
...for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied And all I ask if a windy day with the white clouds flying The spray and the blown spume and the seagulls crying What is the rhyme scheme in this example?
What is "a a b b"
400
"thanks, thanks thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast thought! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and though." The final stanza of "The Village Blacksmith" means...
We must make our own fortunes
500
Meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
500
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds within words
500
All writing other than poetry
What is Prose
500
The sailor in "Sea-Fever" and the blacksmith in "The Village Blacksmith" are different because a) the blacksmith forge is noiser than the ship b) the blacksmith is a harder worker c) the sailor looks for adventure and the blacksmith is content at home
c) the sailor looks for adventure and the blacksmith is content at home
500
Name three moments where the author of "The Village Blacksmith" described who the blacksmith was.
1) in his shop (describing his physical characteristics) 2) "week in week out" (showed his work ethic) 3) children coming home from school watching him (friendly) 4) Sunday to church to hear his daughter (loving, supportive, father) 5) when he cries at church (suffered a loss, sensitive
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