Famous Poets
"I am nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too?"
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This is a type of poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
What is free verse?
He wrote The Raven and has three names.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
a comparison not using like or as, but in which one thing becomes another
What is a metaphor?
He wrote kids books like the "Giving Tree" and "Falling Up"
Who was Shell Silverstein?
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
This African American poet wrote many famous poems such as "I, too" but he also wrote short poems like a poem he called "dreams"
Who is Langston Hughes
He wrote books like Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham.
Who is Dr. Suess?
a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
What is Simile?
"All that glitters is not gold."
Who is William Shakespeare?
type of lyric poem that deals with serious things such as justice truth or beauty
What is ode?