Terms
"normal writing" (writing that isn't used in poetry)
prose
The metaphor used in "When It Is Snowing"?
the blue jay
is the only piece of
sky
blue skin
stanza
This type of music referred to in "We Real Cool" was associated with delinquency and bad behavior
jazz
the way a poem or piece of writing makes the reader feel
mood
Which literary device/s are used here? "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping"
alliteration and rhyme
A symbolic similarity in "When It Is Snowing"
Hope (represented by a bluejay on a snowy day and a little bit of sky poking through the cloud)
What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?
Maud went to college.
Sadie stayed at home.
Sadie scraped life
With a fine-tooth comb.
She didn’t leave a tangle in.
Her comb found every strand.
Sadie was one of the livingest chits
In all the land.
ABCB DEFE
Daedalus made 'wings' out of wax and feathers for himself and _________.
Icarus
a metaphor that shows many connections between two things
extended metaphor
What type of literary device is used here: “The light danced on the surface of the water.”
personification
This symbol in "A Poison Tree" that represents revenge
an apple
This element is used in "We Real Cool" to emphasize the word "we"
line breaks; enjambment
The poet who wrote "A Poison Tree"
William Blake
extreme anger
wrath
What literary device is used in "He was a big man, says the size of his shoes"?
personification
This symbol in "We Real Cool" symbolizing an exciting life that leads to an early death
the Golden Shovel
a stanza of four lines
quatrain
The number of poems we read together in class this year
7
Masks by Shel Silverstein
Abandoned Farmhouse by Ted Kooser
We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks
When It Is Snowing by Siv Cedering
Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
A Poison Tree by William Blake
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by William Carlos Williams
a poem written about an artwork
ekphrastic poem
The rhyme scheme of "A Poison Tree"
AABB
Name two details from "Mother to Son" that represent a life of difficulties.
tacks, splinters, boards torn up, places with no carpet, places with no light
A pair of lines that rhyme
couplet
In "A Poison Tree", watering a tree and giving it sun are compared to these things that make anger grow
Crying from fear; Smiling to hide your true feelings