Terms
O' Captain, My Captain
Who is Walt Whitman
"Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hours."
Nothing Gold Can Stay
A poem that tells a story
What is a narrative poem
Using "like" or "as" to compare
What is simile?
A word or phrase used many times
What is repetition?
Jabberwocky
Who is Lewis Carroll
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor - bare.
What is Mother to Son
a non-rhyming nature poem of three lines following a set of syllables per line
What is haiku
The pattern of beats in a line of poetry
What is rhythm?
The Raven
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear
What is The Road Not Taken
A rhyme that works although it's not exact
What is slant rhyme?
Sara Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Who is Shel Silverstein
Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
What is Dreams
A poem's "paragraph"
What is a stanza?
lack of punctuation in a line of poetry
What is enjambment
The New Colossus
Who is Emma Lazarus
and hear the bellows roar.
What is the Village Blacksmith
a 5-line free verse poem following
a set syllable rule
What is cinquain
Using repeated vowel sounds as a sound device
What is assonance?