Name The Poet
This author wrote "In Response to Executive Order 9066"
Dwight Okita
"Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above."
Let America Be America Again
A 2-line stanza is called a..
couplet
organization of rhyme
rhyme structure
a non-human thing or idea is ascribed to human qualities or abilities.
personification
The son of migrant farmers, this poet moved often, living in trailers or tents along the roads of the San Joaquin Valley in Southern California.
Juan Felipe Herrera
"A dónde vamos where are we going.."
Borderbus
The end of a line in a poem
line break
Front-line rhyme is also called
Alliteration
Something that represents something more abstract
symbol
This poet was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
"I am from clothespins,
from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride.
I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening,
it tasted like beets.)"
Where I am From Poem
This type of poem is organized as a treatise, argument, or essay
Discursive
Repeated pattern of stressed syllables
rhythm
a comparison without using like or as
metaphor
This poet's mother spent four years at a Japanese Internment Camp
Dwight Okita
"As a child, I was a fussy eater
and I would separate the yolk from the egg white
as I now try to sort out what is Asian
in me from what is American –"
Notes for a Poem on Being Asian American
A series of lines that are grouped together and separated from other groups of lines by a skipped line
stanza
when language, sounds, or words appear over and over
repetition
comparing two things using like or as
simile
At the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this poet became the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Maya Angelou
"Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?"
Still I Rise
This type of poem provides insight to the author's thoughts and emotions
Lyric
The repetition of vowels in a series of words
Assonance
Front-line rhyme
Alliteration