Figurative Language
comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as"
metaphor
using like or as to compare two things
simile
Poems are written in these; they are usually numbered
lines
Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.
What is being Compared in the above
Chicago and a Dog
There's a patch of old snow in a corner
The snowflakes freeze on my eyelashes and melt down my cheeks
This is an example of.....
imagery and sensory language
writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures"
imagery
giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea
personification
A poem that is silly and has an AABBA rhyme scheme
Limerick
Lives of great men remind us / We can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time.
This is an example of......
metaphor
Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
This is an example of.....
alliteration
repeating the same starting sounds of words.
alliteration
when a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize
repetition
When the poet creates feeling or atmopshere
Mood
When you, my Dear, are away, away, / How wearily goes the day.
A year drags after morning, and night / Starts another year
This is an example of which Figurative Language
Hyperbole
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
exaggeration for effect
hyperbole
when a words pronunciation imitates its sound
onomatopoeia
Ode
The tear-drop trickled to his chin: / There was a meaning in her grin
rhyme
In “Ode to enchanted Light,” by Pablo Neruda is a poem that....
celebrates something
giving objects human qualities
personification
when the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected
irony
What is one of the most important rules to remember when reading a poem
To keep reading each line stopping and pausing only when you get to punctuation.
Punctuation is very important in helping you understand a poem.
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss- fall the raindrops.
onomatopoeia
Name at least 3 types of Poetry
Rhymed Poetry-rhyming words at the end of each line or couplet; Epic Poem-An epic poem is a long poem that tells a story; Ballad-typically tells a dramatic or emotional story; Acrostic-pells out a name, word, phrase or message with the first letter of each line of the poem; Elegy-have a set subject: death; Ode-praise a person, event or thing; Limerick-are funny (and sometimes rude!) poems; The last line is often the punchline; Sonnet-sonnets are made up of 14 lines and usually deal with love; Free verse-Free verse can rhyme or not, it can have as many lines or stanzas as the poet wants, and it can be about anything you like; Haiku-haikus consist of just three lines (tercet); the first and third lines have five syllables, whereas the second has seven