Terms to Know
Comparing two things with like or as.
What is a simile?
A living or nonliving object representing something else
What is symbolism?
The repetition of initial sounds in a line of poetry
What is alliteration?
A poem that is 14 lines with 10 syllables per line, each in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
Most ______ are also considered poets due to the style, content, and elements of their written work.
Fill in the blank
Musicians, artists, songwriters...
Comparing two things without using "like" or as.
What is a metaphor?
Writers use this to communicate deeper ideas without having to state them.
What is figurative language/figures of speech
When a word is spelled like the way in sounds
What is onomatopoeia
A poem that is not in fixed form.
What is free verse?
TRUE or FALSE
"Poets use the raw materials of language to forge new understandings - They comment on what is and means to be a human being."
True
Giving person-like qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
TRUE or FALSE
In different texts, symbols can change depending on the context and the author's purpose
TRUE
ex: In the story of Snow White the apple symbolizes dark temptations, but for Isaac Newton it represents discovery.
These poetic techniques are often called this because they make poems sound good to human ears --like music
Side note: Lyrical poems must contain these
Sound devices
A poem that celebrates a person, place, or idea.
What is an ode?
The author's attitude or ________ about a topic can be inferred by their choice of words.
tone
authors and poets use precise words to create tone
ex. grim, serious, hopeful
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
This type of phrase might be nearly impossible for newcomers to the region, US, or English language to understand.
An Idiom
The beat and pace of a poem - created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm/meter
example: iambic pentameter
The reason poetry is absent of grammar rules is because the original form of poetry is this
Oral storytelling
Poetry comes from the ancient Greek word/verb poiesis
which means/translates to ...
"to create"
A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, movies, etc
Allusion
This question has an excerpt:
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
...
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
In this poem what do the "two roads" symbolize?
The journey of life and the decisions we make on that journey.
Example: Hal hit the house hard with a hammer
This poetic technique is often called a tongue twister
Alliteration
Sometimes the ______ of the poem is just as important as the words it contains
Shape, position...
ex.
E.E Cummings (Famous Cambridge, Mass Poet)
l(a... (a leaf falls on loneliness)
l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
l
iness
"A lot of young students believe poetry is a _____ ______ that only English teachers and geniuses understand."
Fill in the two blank words
secret language