Figurative Language
How many syllables does a Haiku have?
What is 17
A form of poetry without any kind of pattern
What is free verse?
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph)
What is stanza?
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
What is ABAB?
A poem that tells a story
What is a ballad?
The attitude of the author toward his subject.
What is tone?
What does the word SWIFT mean?
Structure
Word Choice
Imagery
Figurative Language
Theme
What poetic device is used to create emphasis in this poem? Hint: It is NOT rhyme. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.
What is repetition?
A poem that is a remembrance of death
What is an elegy
The atmosphere or feeling of the poem.
What is mood?
Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.
What is onomatopoeia?
A long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events: many ancient writers used this to tell tales of intense adventures and heroic feats.
What is epic poetry?
serious, humorous, amused, angry, playful, cheerful, sad, gloomy...
These are examples of what in a poem
What is tone?
Hey diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed, to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the Spoon.
This is an example of...
What is a couplet
Farmers bring in the harvest from the land.
Animals prepare for the winter chill.
Leaves fall from the trees -- floating
Lightly to the ground.
This is an example of what type of poem?
What is an acrostic poem?
romantic, realistic, optimistic, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, sorrowful...
These are examples of what poetic device?
What is mood?