Structure
A "foot" made of two syllables, where the second syllable gets the emphasis
What is an iamb?
The repetition of the same vowel sound
What is assonance?
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personification?
Who is Amanda Gorman?
When a sentence in a poem continues beyond the end of a line, without any punctuation or pause at the end of the line
What is enjambment?
A five-line poem that consists of a single stanza, an AABBA rhyme scheme, and whose subject is a short, pithy tale or description
What is a limerick?
The repetition of the same sound at the beginnings of words
What is alliteration?
A technique similar to juxtaposition - bringing two contrasting ideas/images together using parallel grammatical structure (example: "To err is human, to forgive is divine")
What is antithesis?
This black poet was active in the Civil Rights movement, and also wrote 7 autobiographies, one of which is called I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
A stanza made of six lines
A poetic foot consisting of 3 syllables, where only the first is emphasized/stressed. (Examples: "poetry" "basketball")
What is a dactyl?
The repetition of the same word at the beginnings of phrases
What is anaphora?
When a poet directly talks TO someone (or something) that cannot respond (such as God, the concept of liberty, etc)
What is apostrophe?
This poet is famous for writing horror poems and short stories, including "The Raven"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
A rhyme where one syllable is stressed and the other is not (example: "hat" and "autocrat," or "meet" and "concrete")
What is light rhyme?
A "foot" made of two syllables, where the first syllable gets the emphasis
What is a trochee?
A rhyme that is almost exact, but not quite (example: "crate" and "braid")
What is slant rhyme?
Naming part of an object to refer to the whole thing (example: "The captain commands 100 sails" [100 ships])
What is synecdoche?
This poet was famously a hermit - staying indoors most of her life - and wrote nearly 1,800 poems. Only 10 were published while she was alive.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
What is April?
A poetic foot made up of 3 syllables, where only the last syllable is emphasized/stressed (examples: underfoot, overcome)
What is an anapest?
A rhyme that includes two syllables (example: "noodle" and "poodle")
What is feminine rhyme?
What is metonymy?
This poet wrote poems such as "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Fire and Ice," and "The Road Not Taken."
Who is Robert Frost?
She is the current Poet Laureate of the United States
Who is Ada Limon?