Poetic/Literary Devices
What literary device is described to be...
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Is a song a poem?
Yes, it's considered lyrical poetry
What is personification?
When you give a human characteristic to something that is NOT human
A group of lines in a poem i.e. the "paragraph" of poetry
A stanza
What do we call the author of a poem
A poet
She sells seashells down by the seashore
Alliteration
What type of poem is shown below:
Delightful display
Snowdrops bow their pure white heads
To the sun's glory.
-“JANUARY” by Paul Holmes
A Haiku
5, 7, 5 syllables
He's a couch potato
What poetic device is being used?
Metaphor
He is being compared to a couch potato
A line
Who wrote the poem "O Captain! My Captain"
We saw this poem used in the movie Dead Poet's Society
Walt Whitman
Which literary device is described to be...
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
Metaphor
A poem with no specific structure or rhythm.
Free verse
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of the words
Give an example
Alliteration
What is rhyme?
Who wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?
Robert Frost
"I was so hungry I could eat a horse"
What poetic device is being used in the sentence above?
Hyperbole
Exaggeration of things
Sweet Spring
When the gloomy gray sky turns to clear azure blue,
And the snow disappears from the ground,
When the birds start to sing, and our moods start to lift,
Then we know Spring is coming around.
What style of poem is this? Can you detect the rhyme scheme?
Sweet Spring
When the gloomy gray sky turns to clear azure blue, (A)
And the snow disappears from the ground, (B)
When the birds start to sing, and our moods start to lift, (C)
Then we know Spring is coming around. (B)
"After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling"
Which poetic device is being used here?
Pun:
the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound
What is the term for the voice in a poem?
The speaker
“The sun-drenched beach, the salty air, the sound of crashing waves.”
Which poetic device is being used here?
Imagery
The use of vivid language to create a sensory experience for the reader.
“Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.”
What poetic device is being used
Anaphora
“Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.”
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
What style of poem is this?
Free verse
“Life is a journey.”
What poetic device is being used?
A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike to make a deeper meaning.
The leaves danced in the wind
Which poetic device is being used here?
Personification
What famous poem begins with the following line?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe