Poetry 1
Comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
This type of poem has 14 lines
Sonnet
Using an object or picture to represent a larger concept or idea
Symbolism
Author of "Mother to Son"
Langston Hughes
Poem that represents an allegory
"To Help the Monkey Cross the River" by Thomas Lux
Comparison not using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
If a poem has no consistent rhyme or rythm, it's probably a poem with this structure
Free verse
Most common type of meter in poetry
iambic pentameter
Author of "To Help the Monkey Cross the River"
Thomas Lux
Poem that represents ars poetica
"Valentine for Ernest Mann" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Giving human traits to inanimate objects
Personification
This describes a poem that talks about the purpose and meaning of poetry itself
Ars Poetica
A meter of poetry that includes an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
iamb
Author of "Ozymandius"
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poem that represents a sonnet
Ozymandius
In poetry, this is the pattern of stresses heard within the sounds of the words; also known as the "beat" of the poem
Rythm
This is the process of analyzing the rythm and meter of a poem
Scansion
What we call paragraph-like sections of text in poetry
Stanzas
Author of "Hope is the Thing with Feathers"
Emily Dickinson
Poem described as a reflective monologue
"Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden
This is the rythm of a poem coupled with the length of the lines in a poem
Meter
This is a story, poem, or image in which the characters, events, or details stand for something beyond themselves (i.e., teaches a moral lesson)
Allegory
Poetry written in response to a particular event, circumstance, or occasion
Author of "Those Winter Sundays"
Robert Hayden
Two poems described as dramatic monologue
"Ozymandius" and "Mother to Son"