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Poetic Devices
Rhyme Time
100
A poem with 3 lines (5,7,5 form)
What is HAIKU
100
O, ice cream, sitting silently in my ceramic bowl, Waiting to be enjoyed by me. Your delicate rainbow sprinkles scattered with such care. Within your hills of white, lay brown specks of vanilla bean. An indescribable scent of creamy perfection Blows into my nostrils. I sit and acknowledge your greatness. You alone, rule the world of tasty treats, scrumptious sweets, and delicious desserts. In my hand I hold a miracle, dream, a wonder, An exquisite piece of art made from sugar and cream. No other can compete with your out of this world delectable flavor. The king of kings and the queen of queens bow down to your preciousness. I take a sample and feel the creamy chill rush through me instantly. The vanilla flavor explodes in my mouth. I savor every second of that spoonful. After awhile my bowl is lifeless and empty, but I am full of joy for my delicious ice cream.
What is ODE
100
Your teeth are like stars; They come out at night. They come back at dawn When they’re ready to bite.
What is SIMILE
100
There once was a man from Peru, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, He awoke with a fright, In the middle of the night, And found that his dream had come true!
What is AABBA
200
5 line poem that is humorous. Rhyme scheme is AABBA.
What is LIMERICK
200
There once was a young girl named Jill. Who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day So her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”
What is LIMERICK
200
Love is a burning candle It's not always easy to handle It burns, but it's still beautiful And it makes celebrations oh so meaningful
What is METAPHOR
200
My cat is nice My cat is fat My cat likes mice I like my cat
What is ABAB
300
A poem that has no rhyme and no specific meter.
What is FREE VERSE
300
Wind Blowing briskly Leaves fall From The Trees We rake Colored leaves In A Big Pile. And jump.
What is FREE VERSE
300
Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is PERSONIFICATION
300
My glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time's furrows I behold, Then look I death my days should expiate. For all that beauty that doth cover thee, Is but the seemly raiment of my heart, Which in thy breast doth live, as thine in me: How can I then be elder than thou art? O! therefore, love, be of thyself so wary As I, not for myself, but for thee will; Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary As tender nurse her babe from faring ill. Presume not on thy heart when mine is slain, Thou gav'st me thine not to give back again.
What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG
400
A poem that tells a story.
What is NARRATIVE
400
An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again.
What is HAIKU
400
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
What is ALLITERATION
400
Once upon a time I caught a little rhyme I set it on the floor but it ran right out the door I chased it on my bicycle but it melted to an icicle I scooped it up in my hat but it turned into a cat I caught it by the tail but it stretched into a whale I followed it in a boat but it changed into a goat When I fed it tin and paper it became a tall skyscraper Then it grew into a kite and flew far out of sight ...
What is AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH
500
A poem that excessively praises a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is ODE
500
Richard Cory Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, 'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich - yes, richer than a king - And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head. Edwin Arlington Robinson
What is NARRATIVE
500
"Here once the embattled farmers stood / And fired the shot heard round the world."- Emerson
What is HYPERBOLE
500
Who will in fairest book of Nature know How Virtue may best lodged in Beauty be, Let him but learn of Love to read in thee, Stella, those fair lines, which true goodness show. There shall he find all vices' overthrow, Not by rude force, but sweetest sovereignty Of reason, from whose light those night-birds fly; That inward sun in thine eyes shineth so. And not content to be Perfection's heir Thyself, dost strive all minds that way to move, Who mark in thee what is in thee most fair. So while thy beauty draws the heart to love, As fast thy Virtue bends that love to good. "But, ah," Desire still cries, "give me some food."
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