Poetry A
What are sensory images?
Words that create pictures using the five senses
What are the 5 common types of poetry?
Free verse, Rhymed Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Concrete/Poetry, Slant Poetry
What is Allusion?
a brief reference to a well-known person, event, text, or myth
What is a stanza?
What is a concrete poem?
a poem where the words form a visual shape related to the topic
What is the rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet?
ABBAABBA CDCDCD or ABBAABBA CDECDE
What do we call a stanza with 10 lines?
Decastich
What is poetry?
It is a form of writing that expresses feelings, ideas, or experiences using careful word choice and often plays with sound and structure.
What is the structure of an English sonnet?
3 quatrains and 1 couplet
What are the elements of poetry?
sound, structure, language, and meaning
What language of poetry is used in this line?
Every leaf has a story to tell,
Every root knows the depth of the clay,
Every shadow knows where it fell,
Every river carries the day.
Anaphora
What language of poetry is used in this line?
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Allusion
What language of poetry is used in this line?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate
Metaphor
What language of poetry is used in this line?
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
Apostrophe
What language of poetry is used in this line?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you...
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I...
Repetition
What is a haiku?
a poem that has 3 lines, with 5-7-5 syllable count
What is the difference between poetry and prose when it comes to structure?
Poetry is written in lines and stanzas while prose is written in sentences and paragraphs.
What makes a poem a quatrain?
It has four lines that follows a specific rhyme scheme.
What is the difference between Metaphor and Simile?
Metaphor is a direct comparison of two unlike items without using like or as while simile is a direct comparison of two unlike items using like or as.
What is the difference between free verse and rhymed poetry?
Free verse does not follow a regular rhyme pattern.
What is iambic pentameter?
A rhythmic pattern used in poetry where a line consists of 10 syllables is read with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is slant poetry?
Poetry that uses almost rhyming words
What is a narrative poetry that talks about the life and adventure of a hero?
Epic
What is the longest epic written?
Ramayana
What is the difference between prose and poetry when it comes to language?
Poetry uses figurative language while prose use literal meaning.