Shakespearean Sonnet
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of word. For example, "With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim” - Gerard Manley Hopkins's "Pied Beauty."
Alliteration
A group of lines in a poem is known as what?
Stanza
The poet who wrote "I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud"
William Wordsworth
Giving human-like traits to inanimate objects
Personification
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG how many stanzas does this sonnet have?
four
Name one of the Japanese haiku poets we read
Basho or Yosa Buson.
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.
For example, "Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;" Gerard Manley Hopkins "Spring"
Writing that is not poetry is _____
Prose
"The Apparition of these faces in the crowd:
Petals on a wet, black bough."
Ezra Pound
A poem that tells a story is a ____ poem
A three line poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line, and 5 in the last line. These poems often combine observations with nature with an abstraction.
Haiku
"I lean back, as the evening darkens and comes on.
A chicken hawk floats over, looking for home.
I have wasted my life"
James Wright
A description using one or more of the five senses.
Imagery
The turn or shift near the end of a poem. Most commonly known in the sonnet.
Volta
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
Elizabeth Barret Browning