Poetic Elements Definitions
This is how the author feels about the subject of a poem.
What is tone?
This form of poetry is without rhyme or structure.
What is free-verse?
When you are asked to identify a theme, your response should be this
This element of poetry is shown in the line "Life is a broken-winged bird
What is figurative language/ a metaphor?
This poetic element refers to the rhythm or beat of a poem.
What is Meter?
This form of poetry is like a song, with clear rhyme and rhythm.
What is a ballad?
Theme is the main ____ of a text
This element of poetry is shown in the italicized words in the following lines
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could..."
This poetic element is when something, an object, an item, or a place, stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
This type of poetry is from the perspective of the speaker, usually reflecting on personal thoughts or feelings.
What is Lyric?
A thematic concept for the following poem may be this.
I had no time to hate, because
The grave would hinder me,
And life was not so ample I
Could finish enmity.
Nor had I time to love, but since
Some industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,
Was large enough for me.
Life, Death, Time, mortaility (teachers discretion)
This element refers to the word choice or style of speaking of a poem.
What is diction?
The following poem is this FORM of poetry.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass
What is Free-Verse
A thematic concept for the following poem would be this.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Dreams, Hope, (teacher discretion)
This poetic element is a literary technique that allows words to be something more meaningful and/or powerful, rather than just the word’s literal meaning.
Bonus: Name two examples of Figurative Language.
The following poem is this type of poem.
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
What is Lyric or Ballad
A thematic statement for the following poem could be this.
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Teacher discretion