What is the device?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
What is alliteration?
This night, this night! Will forever be a mystery.
What is repetition?
A poetic form that consists of three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third.
What is a haiku?
The pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza. They can be represented with letters
(ex. AABB or ABAB)
What is a rhyme scheme?
Simile
Your response must use like or as to compare two things / ideas.
She is like the sun so fair.
What is simile?
The scent of freshly baked bread wafted through the air.
What is imagery?
This is an open style of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern.
What is a free verse?
When words, items, or images represent an abstract idea or meaning.
What is symbolism?
Metaphor
Example must be a direct comparison between two dissimilar items.
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
Like King Arthur, he ruled with strength and wisdom.
What is simile?
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, typically having ten syllables per line.
What is sonnet?
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize, or imagine what is happening in the text.
What is imagery?
Personification
Give human characteristics to a non-human item to compare the two
The trees danced in the wind.
A red rose symbolizes love and romance
What is symbolism?
Poetry with 5 lines and the rhyme scheme AABBA.
What is a limerick?
The pattern of beats made by stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
Alliteration
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
What is Stanza?
Human Suffering: Addresses the emotional and psychological toll of survival amidst tragedy.
This is an example of .... from After the Titanic
What is Theme?
This type of lyric is written to mourn the passing of something or someone.
What is an elegy/Lament?
How the author feels about the subject based on the content of the poem.
What is voice?
Rhyme
The repetition of the same or similar sounds in words that appear near each other in a poem.