Types of Poems
A poem that is light and humorous, usually with 5 lines in the rhyme scheme of AABBA.
A Limerick
A phrase that describes something by comparing it to some other thing, but does NOT use like or as.
What is a metaphor
Two Line Stanza is called a ___________.
Couplet
The formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as “bang,” “moo,” or “jingle.”
What is onomatopoeia
Name one Major Theme in the poem "A Lesson for This Sunday"
Religion, appearance vs. reality, childhood memories, Innocence, nature, death, conflict.
The following is an example of a _________ poem.
“A World of Dew” by Kobayashi Issa
A world of dew,
And within every dewdrop
A world of struggle.
Haiku
I have told you a million times to clean your room! Is an example of?
What is hyperbole
A FOUR Lined stanza is called a ________.
quatrain
A word that ends with the same sound as another word, like hop and stop.
What is a rhyme
Who is Ol' Higue?
A supernatural character found in Caribbean folklore. This nocturnal being is also called a jumbie, soucouyant and backoo as is a mixture of a vampire and a witch.
typically written to praise a person, event or thing
Ode
The following is an example of what poetic device?
My car could turn into a pumpkin if I don’t get home by midnight.
Allusion
What is a quintet?
A five line stanza.
In Landscape Painters by Vivian Virtue, the mountains and hills are compare to __________.
a family group, elders, grandchildren, a family portrait
The following is an excerpt of a poem. What type of poem can it be? It is NOT FREE VERSE.
The Boy died in my alley without my Having Known. Policeman said, next morning, "Apparently died Alone...
He cried not only "Father!" but "Mother! Sister! Brother." The cry climbed up the alley. It went up to the wind. It hung upon the heaven for a long stretch-strain of Moment.
The red floor of my alley is a special speech to me.
Elegy
There was a storm approaching. The clouds looked angry and the wind was screaming through the trees…is an example of?
personification
What is the rhyme scheme of the following?
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Jack and Jill went up the hill (A)
To fetch a pail of water; (B)
Jack fell down and broke his crown, (C)
and Jill came tumbling after. (B)
The following is an example of which poetic sound device?
The zoo was amazing, especially the lizards and chimpanzees.
In "Little Boy Crying" by Mervin Morris, why is it appropriate for the boy to compare his father to a grim giant?
It is appropriate because it is a childlike comparison. Something a three year old is aquainted with (easy to relate) and is in line with the view of a child.
Give 2 characterisitics of a sonnet?
-fourteen lines
-3 quatrains and one couplet
-Traditional rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
“The frog was hopping along the side of the road because his car got toad!” is an example of ______.
a pun
A single unit of speech sound as written or spoken.
Syllable
“I lie down by the side of my bride” is an example of this.
assonanace.
Name and explain a common theme shared by TWO poems discussed in class.
Answer May Vary