TYPES OF POETRY
Poem written in no set rhythm, rhyme, or in line length.
Free Verse
_______________ are direct comparisons that state one thing is another.
Metaphors
An arrangement of lines, usually four or more, often having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, that forms a division of a poem.
Stanza
Which poem is a fable because it has a moral?
a) "The Blind Men & the Elephant"
b) "Dandelions"
c) "The Rescue"
a) "The Blind Men & the Elephant"
Is an imperative - a do or don't do- found in a story.
Moral
Combines the characteristics of a story and a poem.
Narrative Poetry
Identify the figure of speech:
"Darkness, on a svelte hiss, swallows them."
Personification
Language that has a connotative meaning to help the reader understand the ideas of the poem in a deeper way.
Who wrote "The Walrus and the Carpenter"?
Lewis Caroll
______________ is the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression. __________ is the explicit or direct meaning associated with a word.
Connotation; Denotation.
Short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Fable
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of...
Hyperbole
Underlying idea or message of a poem.
Theme
"Legacy II" by Leroy V. Quintana is what type of poem?
Concrete poem
Poet's choice of words and the way this choice expresses a particular style or mood.
Diction
Poetry in which the lines are arranged in unusual ways, in order to strengthen the emotional content of the poem.
Concrete Patterns
Repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words.
Assonance
The use of concrete details that appeal to any of the five senses.
Imagery
"The Clouds Pass" by Richard Georgia is what type of poem?
Lyrical
What does "flitted" mean?
Flew swiftly or irregularly from place to place.
This type of poetry is appropriately melodic and song-like. Poets share their thoughts and feelings.
Lyric Poetry
A division into two different types of ideas, that are possibly contradictory.
Dichotomy
________ is the repetition of the sounds at the ends of words. ____ _________ occurs at the end of lines. _________ _______ occurs when words within a line rhyme.
Rhyme; End rhyme; Internal rhyme.
"When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman, is a ____________ poem.
free verse
Define "gliding."
Moving smoothly, silently, and effortlessly across a surface or through the air