Poetry Terms 1
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Ex: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
What is Alliteration?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
Ex: Love is a battlefield.
What is Metaphor?
What rhymes with bag that starts with the letter r?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
Ex: Love is like a battlefield.
What is Simile?
An adult human has this many teeth.
What is 32?
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Poetry is for You
And for your head!.
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is A B B A
Excerpt from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep
This is an example of ____.
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
What is Theme?
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.
What is Personification?
This is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise on its axis.
What is Venus?
Lyric poem
A poem with musical qualities, told in first person, and about an emotional story.
What are clues to tell us something is written in first person?
Pronouns like I, me, we, us are used.
Repetition
What is a word that is repeated in a poem.
A word that sounds like what it means. Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle
What is Onomatopoeia?
Mount St. Helens last erupted during this year.
What is 1980?
A paragraph in a poem.
What is a repeated line in a poem?
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the _____ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth.
What is Rhythm?
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
What is Free Verse?
This religion has the following deities: Krishna, Ganesh, Lakshmi, and Shiva.
What is Hinduism?