Poetic Elements
What poetic device is used in the following statement:
"Your nose is like a button"
Simile
Direct comparison using "like" or "as"
What is irony and what are the THREE specific types?
When the opposite of what is expected happens
1) Dramatic: reader knows more than character
2) Situational: opposite of what expected happens
3) Verbal: sarcasm/opposite of what you mean
3)
Which two poetic/sound devices are used in the following quote from the poem, Autowreck:
"Its quick soft silver bell beating, beating"
Alliteration:
"Bell beating", "soft silver"
Personification:
"Bell beating"
In the poem, Mother to Son, what tone word(s) does this quote represent?
"Don't you fall now , I'se still going honey"
Enlightening/hopefullness
What is the rhyming pattern of sonnets?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What poetic device is used in the following statement:
"The wind hallowed"
Personification
Human qualities attributed in inanimate objects or animals.
What sound device is represented in the following examples:
"Buzz, honk, tweet"
Onomatopoeia
A word which sounds like the sound it describes
What does the word "occult" mean in this quote from the poem, Autowreck:
"But this invites the occult mind,"
Occult:
supernatural/mistical beliefs
In the poem, The Chord, what poetic device is shown in the quote:
"heart of the night"
Alliteration:
Repeating the sound of "t"
What do you call a group of four lines in a sonnet?
Ex: ABAB
A quatrain
What poetic device is used in the following statement:
"Her eyes were a clear blue sky"
Metaphor
An implied/indirect comparison (WITHOUT using "like" or "as")
What are the TWO types of alliteration?
Assonance:
Repetition of vowel sound
Consonance:
Repetition of consonant sound
What TWO poetic devices are used in the following quote from the poem, Autowreck:
"One with a bucket spills ponds of blood"
Visual imagery: can be visualized easily
Hyperbole:
"ponds of blood"
What tone is portrayed in the following quote:
"Playing with the idea of hair die and suicide"
Depressed and dim
What do you call the last two lines of a sonnet?
A couplet
What poetic device is used in the following statement:
"My dad had a cow when he saw my grades"
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration to attain desired effect
What sound device is used in the following statement:
"Tangled trail of tears"
Alliteration
Repetition of a consonant or vowel sound at the beginning of words.
What is the poetic device used in the following quote from, We Real Cool:
"The Pool Players"
Alliteration:
Pool players
In the poem, My Parents Kept Me, what was the relationship between the young boy and his parents?
The parents wanted to protect him from bullies but were ultimately unaware of what the kid was still going through. (Parents don't really help)
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14 lines
What poetic device does this example represent?
Red rose=Love
River=A journey
Symbolism
The use of concrete objects, place, event, or character to represent an abstract idea.
What poetic device is the statement below defining?
-Use of sensory information to create mental pictures which reinforce common themes
*5 senses*
Imagery
What structure does the poet use in the poem we real cool?
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Repetition:
"We"
What poetic device is used in the following quote from, Flash Cards:
"So I tucked my head as my boots slapped home,"
Personification:
"Boots slapped"
What are the two things being compared in the poem, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
The person he loves compared to summer