Poetry Terms
Poetry is a literary form that combines elements of _______ and ______.
Speech and Song
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Simile
A 14-line love poem.
Sonnet
What is the following poem's rhyme scheme?
Asleep he wheezes at his ease.
He only wakes to scratch his fleas.
He hogs the fire, he bakes his head
As if it were a loaf of bread.
AABB
A group of lines arranged by ideas is called a _______.
Stanza
Compares by describing one thing as if it were another.
A poem with three lines of 5-7-5 syllables.
What is the tone of the following poem?
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just ourselves –
And Immortality.
Sad/Accepting
What is personification?
Assigning human qualities to a non-human object.
What is an Elegy?
A poem about death.
Find an example of imagery in the following poem:
Llama, Llama, Red Pajama
Felt alone without his mama
Red Pajama
The speaker's attitude and emotions are the _____.
Tone
Carrying a metaphor throughout a poem.
Extended Metaphor
Any poem that tells a story falls into this category.
Narrative Poetry
What is the tone of the following poem?
Asleep he wheezes at his ease.
He only wakes to scratch his fleas.
He hogs the fire, he bakes his head
As if it were a loaf of bread.
Lazy
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables create a poem's _______.
Explaining/Illustrating by drawing comparisons.
Analogy
Any poem that follows fixed, traditional patterns falls into this category.
Formal Poetry
What is the meter of the following line?
Llama, Llama, Red Pajama