Measure the Line
Six Line Stanza
Sestet
A poem that commemorates the death of a person.
Elegy
This line is an an example of which literary device?
"A pair of ragged claws scuttled along the sea floor."
Synecdoche
This line is an an example of which literary device?
He walked alone among the maddening crowd.
Paradox
The Literal Meaning of Words or the dictionary definition.
Denotations
Eight Line Stanze
Octet
The shape of the poem (or its typographical arrangement) imitates the topic or subject matter.
Concrete Poem
This line is an an example of which literary device?
Broadway, the great white way, calls theater goers and musical connoisseurs to visit New York City.
Metonymy
Mr. Smith, our IB physics teacher, is the Einstein of our school.
Allusion
The implied and associated Meanings
Connotations
Two Line Stanza
Couplet
A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.
Ballad
This line is an an example of which literary device?
In works of literature across many cultures and centuries, heroes taking journeys and going on quests facing many challenges.
Archetype
These are example of which literary device?
Blue Notes
Red Hot
Sweet Lips
Synesthesia
A symbolic image, word, phrase or idea that is repeated and appears frequently in a story.
Motif
Three Line Stanza
Tercet/ Triplet
A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter that is arranged as three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.
English Sonnet
This line is an an example of which literary device?
The jumbo shrimp danced under water to the sweet sourful music played by the hot crustacean band. Ariel and her fellow mermaids were much pleased at this entertainment.
Oxymoron
A narrative element with symbolic meaning that repeats throughout a work of literature--usually the repetition of similar imagery or diction choices.
Motif
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
Iambic Pentameter
Five Line Stanza
A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter divides into two parts: an eight-line octave and a six-line sestet, rhyming abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdcdcd.
Italian Sonnet
Trees and water frequently represent or stand for birth, fertility, and refreshment in literature.
Symbol/ Symbolism
This line is an example of which literary device?
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Proverb
A moment of clarity, insight, or a realization of a deep truth
Epiphany