Poetry Vocab
How many lines in this poem?
“Fire And Ice” - by Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
9
Sonnet - Haiku - Villanelle
Which one does not have a specific rhyme scheme?
haiku
How many lines and stanzas in a haiku?
3 lines, 1 stanza
What is a simile?
Using "like" or "as" to compare one thing to another.
What is the word for a two-line stanza, like this?
Through every meal, I find my place, my voice,
And celebrate my culture in each choice.
couplet
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem - like a paragraph.
How many stanzas are usually in a sonnet?
4
Which poetic form is 19 lines?
villanelle
SIMILE - METAPHOR - PERSONIFICATION - IMAGERY
Which poetic device is used here?
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
Personification - the speaker's heart is dancing with the daffodils (flowers)
What is the word for a three-line stanza, like this?
I knead the dough for bread at sunset’s glow,
The scent of spices fills the evening air.
In every bite, our family’s love will show.
tercet
What is poetic form?
The physical structure of a poem.
How many total syllables in a haiku?
17
What is the rhyme scheme here?
Dreams - by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
ABCBADED
What type of figurative language is this?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Simile
What is the word for a four-line stanza, like this?
We give thanks together, prayers in tow,
Each meal a memory, a sacred prayer.
I knead the dough for bread at sunset’s glow,
In every bite, our family’s love will show.
Quatrain
TRUE OR FALSE -
In a poem, there has to be a new stanza every time you start a new sentence.
FALSE
haiku - sonnet - villanelle
Which type of poem includes repetition, and which lines are repeated?
-villanelle
-1st and 3rd
Write a haiku about an ugly duckling
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What is imagery?
descriptive language that helps readers see, hear, feel, or imagine what's being described
What does this metaphor by Maya Angelou describe?
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
The metaphor describes someone who is able to rise up, even though they had a difficult/painful past.
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
“How Do I Love Thee?” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
ABBA ABBA CDC DCD
What is the most common rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What poetic device is used (twice) here?
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
metaphor!
"peel your own image from the mirror"
"feast on your life"
Write one personification, one simile, and one metaphor - all about Frankford High School.
Write one sentence describing the tone in this tercet from Sylvia Plath's villanelle.
I wish that you’d return the way you said.
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head).
The tone is sad / nostalgic / longing / regretful / etc... because the narrator is getting older and forgetting things about the person she once loved.