Rhyme Scheme
Sound Devices
What Am I?
Forms of Poetry
Figurative Language
100
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die,
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
What is ABCB
100
Words that imitate sounds
What is Onomatopoeia
100
There once was a Martian named Zed
With antennae all over his head.
He sent out a lot
Of di-di-dash-dot
But nobody knows what he said.
What is Limerick
100
Tells a story in verse. Has plot and characters.
What is Narrative Poetry
100
Represents something else.
What are Symbols
200
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor'd safe & sound its voyage closed & done
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
What is AABB
200

The repeating of words or lines in poetry.

What is Repetition

200
As the wind does blow
Across the trees, I see the
Buds blooming in May
What is Haiku
200

A poem that has fourteen lines with ten to twelve syllables per line.

What are Sonnets

200
Gives human qualities to something that is not human.
What is Personification
300
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
What is ABABCC
300
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
300
Sarah saw Sean at the shoe store
What is Alliteration
300
Form of poetry defined by its lack of strict structure.
What is Free Verse
300
Comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile
400
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal--yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
What is ABCACB
400

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. It creates a "beat."

What is Rhythm

400

I was waiting FOREVER for my friend to arrive.

What is Hyperbole

400
Song-like poems that tell stories, often about romance or adventure.
What are Ballads
400
Describes one thing as if it were something else
What is Metaphor
500
When I consider how my light is spent,
Ere half my days in this dark world and wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present -
What is ABBAA
500

A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

What is Meter

500

The ideas and feelings associated with the word.

What is Connotation

500
Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse.
What is Lyric
500

A common expression that has a different meaning than the literal meaning of the words.

What is an Idiom

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