Poetic Devices
Types of Poems
Examples of Stanzas
Examples of Points of View
100
After the Sea-Ship—after the whistling winds; After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes, Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,
What is Free Verse
100
(Accompanied by music) Turn back the heart you've turned away Give back your kissing breath Leave not my love as you have left The broken hearts of yesterday But wait, be still, don't lose this way Affection now, for what you guess May be something more, could be less Accept my love, live for today.
What is Lyric
200
"Brothers and men that shall after us be, Let not your hearts be hard to us: For pitying this our misery Ye shall find God the more piteous."
What is Ballad
200
I feel comfortable with silence. I feel at ease in the sanctuary of solitude. In the stillness of tranquility no sounds to perforate the placid peacefulness.
What is Pastoral
200
“He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there’s some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.”
What is Quatrain
200
He looked at his life, and knowing what he knows often ask himself? What would he, have thought about him, or how would he, have looked at him, if he were not him. Would he, have considered him a stranger, a friend or foe? Would he, have understood or been confused by him, or even liked him.
What is 3rd Person Limited
300
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death, and all oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So, till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.
What is Sonnet
300
“The time is out of joint, O cursed spite That ever I was born to set it right!”
What is couplet
300
I can't see my reflection, In this rippled complexion.
What is 1st Person POV
400
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness
What is Juxtaposition
400
“There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore”
What is Ode
400
“Listen… With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees And fall.”
What is Quintain
400
Harry had taken up his place at wizard school, where he and his scar were famous … but now the school year was over, and he was back with the Dursleys for the summer, back to being treated like a dog that had rolled in something smelly
What is 3rd Person Omniscient
500
Autumn showing off colors slowly Letting the splendid colors Flow softly to earth below.
What is enjambment
500
As the circle revolves, life cycles resolve We must get involved, to spiritually evolve
What is Elegy
500
“An old silent pond… A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.”
What is Tercet
500
You might come here Sunday on a whim. Say your life broke down.
What is Second Person POV
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