Forms
A poem with no specific rhyme scheme or conventional structure.
Free Verse
The comparison of two seemingly dissimilar things using the word "like" or "as".
Simile
What was the text type we learned before starting poetry this term?
Memoir
Paragraphs in a poem (Think verses of a song).
Stanza
The two components of the assessment task this term
Poem & reflection.
A poem that is written with the intention to be delivered in front of a live audience.
Performance/Slam poetry
Similiar to a simile, without the use of "like" or "as".
Metaphor.
The author of "Australian Air" and the youngest Champion of the Australian Poetry Slam. You most likely studied this in Year 7.
Solli Raphael
ABAB is an example of the structural notation of this device.
Rhyme scheme
Solli Raphael uses this extended metaphor to symbolise the mindfulness required to tackle climate change.
Birds.
A poetic form with three lines, Japanese origins, and the syllabic structure of 5-7-5.
Haiku
Giving a non-human thing human characteristics.
Personification.
One of the most famous poets and playwrights of all time.
William Shakespeare
Iambic Pentameter is an example of this structural device, denoting the rhythm of a line.
Hint: The word is often used as a length of measurement.
Meter.
What is the rhyme scheme of the following quatrain:
"No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes."
ABCB
Shakespeare was famous for writing over 150 of this type of poem.
Sonnet
In free verse, a poetic technique where a sentence, phrase, or clause continues across a line break or stanza without terminal punctuation.
Enjambment.
Author of "The Raven" and "The Tell-tale Heart, known for his morbid subject matter.
Edgar Allen Poe
A deliberate decision to end a line at a specific point.
Enjambment/Line break
This specific 14-line poetic form follows a strict rhyme scheme and meter, and was famously used by Shakespeare to explore themes of love and time.
Sonnet
"A wonderful bird is the pelican,
His bill holds more than his belican.
He can take in his beak,
Enough food for a week,
But I’m damned if I see how the helican."
... is an example of [poetic form]
Limerick
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, or historical event.
Allusion.
Ancient Greek poet often confused with a famous and well-known Simpsons character.
Homer
Two consecutive lines that rhyme.
Couplet.
The aspect of writing, traditionally in speechcraft, poetry, and first-person writing conventions, that distinguishes one specific author from another.
Personal voice.